The JOURNAL

Sometimes life happens in a way that’s amazingly unplanable (Yup, I made up a word). But sometimes amazingly unplanable happenings are God’s blessings for our futures. For the Clinard and Watson families, life’s amazingly unplanned blessing is that every single one of them is pregnant….. at the same time! Whoa. Let’s get a head count […]

I am SO EXCITED to share my new promo video with you! The AMAZING Clayton of Stringer Productions flew all the way from Austin, TX to put my vision into film and I am SO thankful for his hard work and killah talent. Special thanks to Clayton (obviously), to Betsy Lackey for being my cheerleader […]

Jeremy and Nicole are two of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. They’re so much fun, they’re friendly and supportive, they’re talented, and honestly…. I feel so blessed to have been asked to photograph their engagement. They’re the type of people who hug you immediately upon seeing you… the type to make sure everyone else […]

They met on eHarmony, as so many do. Enzo is the thoughtful and witty type, and Stefanie is the sweet and sassy sort. They met and fell in love and are tying the knot this November! Stories like theirs make me SO happy. I love that social media and the internet has the potential for […]

Ryan and Janie have just wrapped up a memorable chapter in their lives together as husband and wife. They relocated to the LA area for Ryan to work on his MBA at USC and during their stay, they really grew fond of the weather, the food, and all that is southern California. While Ryan had […]

The last few senior portraits I’ve posted were all of lovely graduating ladies, but today, I’m excited to share just a few of my favorites from a recent senior shoot with Dylan. Dylan is graduating from high school this year and will be attending Azusa Pacific University! He requested we do his portraits in the […]

I went down to visit Nana a few days before I was set to leave on a life changing trip. As I drove down the coast toward her house, I thought about all the books on missionaries I had been reading earlier that week and tried my best to choke down fear and uncertainty. This […]

Mariel was working in Paris, France and she had been away on this assignment for a few weeks. She was expecting a friend to come visit (because, really…. of all the places in the world to be sent to work on a project, Paris HAS to be the coolest!) and on the evening the friend […]

My home is currently covered in shredded tissue paper, but I’m okay with it.  I’m okay with it because playing in tissue paper is pretty much the only activity Hugo wants to do by himself…. which means I got work done this week. There are so many new things we’re learning about productivity and priorities […]

Last time we saw Melissa was waaaay back in 2009 when I was just starting my business, Christopher and I had just started dating, Melissa was 2 years out of high school, and the world was a little simpler. The world, my business, and Melissa have changed SO MUCH SO QUICKLY it kind of makes […]