This is my friend Leeann, and the lucky guy who won her heart. We’re just back from one of my favorite weddings ever, with the happiest bride and the most in-love groom – I can hardly wait to begin digging through my 4,000 (plus) images to put together a perfect package for this perfect couple! [...]

Meet Danielle, Pete’s coworker and our next-door neighbor. Danielle’s experience with photography has not really endeared her to the sport, but out of necessity, she asked me if I would take some quick headshots for her on Saturday. I had dashed off a quick session with her early last summer (fifteen minutes with bad lighting, [...]

Meet Aniko. This years-married mother of a ten-year-old looked about fifteen, and hadn’t lost the young in her heart to go with it. Aniko (pronounced ANN-ee-koh), who is from Columbia, S.C., discovered my blog and my work through Epiphanie’s post about my camera win. She saw my free session offer and asked if she might [...]

I know firsthand how hard it is to trust a photographer when you are the one in front of the camera. It’s an exercise in trust – especially for me, who spends so much time there! I don’t quite believe anyone else could capture me as I capture others! Cy and Elizabeth invited me into [...]

I have found over the summer that shooting family sessions can be a little like herding cats. It takes a little extra patience and a little extra stubborn to pull out so many individuals in a two-hour session. I came ready for some really hard work, but found instead one of the most delightfully laid-back [...]

She’s number seven of eight kids, and my youngest sister of four. She was seven years old when I left home. Now here she is, one of “the little ones,” seventeen and all grown up and ready to graduate. Kristen figured if she was gonna get pictures done, she might as well have them done [...]

“Kelly, this is Sarah S_____,” she emphasized her last name proudly, as if it was a hard-won badge of honor – and it was. Their story was a long one, spanning years before they met, but Sarah was finally married to the man of her dreams, and I’ve rarely seen a happier bride in six [...]