It was Arianne who got me thinking about it. I’d been dealing with some bad back pain, and she knew it. She emailed me, telling me I should check out her chiropractor, telling me she thought he could help me. I went online to check out the program she was talking about. I somehow managed [...]

The theme at I Heart Faces this week is “Photojournalism.” I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about “photojournalism” when it comes to my work. Up until just a few months ago, I was aiming at joining the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA), so over the last few years, I geared most of my work toward [...]

I see things a little different. I see the halo around the sun when I should be seeing a puddle in a parking lot. I see the smile in the eyes if the mouth is smiling or not. I see the memory in the snow, not the individual flakes. I see unique personality instead of [...]

This week, there were a lot of things I meant to do: • I meant to do a giveaway. (I’ll be doing that next week – I’m gearing up to launch my shop, and I want to gauge online interest and let you all know that I’m not just shooting for locals.) • I meant [...]

from my journal: an excerpt, in which the author descends into authentic free-writing ♥ music doesn’t spin – it organizes things that don’t have words, takes the obvious and changes the ordinary. But you spin to music; it’s how you dance, and sometimes the spin is like flying, hair flying out, hands flung free, pigtails [...]

The theme at I Heart Faces this week is “Beach Fun.” Sarah’s senior shoot was one of the most fun experiences I’ve had at the beach recently – and she had fun too! This was the shot that got me squealing when I found it in processing – it is probably my favorite image from [...]

This is Karlie. I think I’ve never been quite so excited about a shoot as I was when I finished her session, but I think that at the end of every shoot. This time, though, I think it might be true. If I had a word for Karlie, I would call her a palette. I [...]