The JOURNAL

Traveling is always slightly exhausting for me, especially traveling to somewhere completely new. I think, in my head, I forget that not every place is the same as where I live. Languages are different, laws are different, customs and etiquette is different…. all things I never think about until I’m there. But I love it…. […]

I’m excited to announce that I’m doing Holiday Portraits again! I enjoyed spending time with everyone last year and I’ve had so many requests, that I’ve decided to do it again, with even more to offer this year! When you get a second, check out the website I made specifically for the holidays (can you […]

I had NO IDEA what to expect going into this shoot. When Melisse and I had talked about what her family would like for family portraits, she mentioned that she would love to include her horses in some of the shots. Horses. I’m always up for a challenge…. but still… as Christopher and I drove […]

Loved This. <3

I used to be taller than him. Really though… at one point in knowing Chris Brown, I was taller than him. I mean, it was like 5 years ago, BUT STILL! It was a glorious time in life. But at some point, he grew like 10 feet over night and totally passed me up in […]

It’s always been the assumption that I got the creativity gene from my Aunt Karen. (Even though technically, it would have run through my dad’s genes as well) She’s the artist….. a stinkin’ good one. Many fond memories from my childhood are the times Auntie Karen taught me how to make something cool….. like an […]

His hand-made moccasins had a hole in the toe and showed traces of everywhere he’d been that summer. A tiny dusty grimy hand grabs hold of his and drags him down the forest path, past the towering canvassed tipi’s, and toward the sound of playing children. As they reach the trading post, he catches the […]

I thought the day would never come…. But it did. My parents finally let me take their pictures for real! For a while there all I would get from them is dirty looks and excuses like “I look like an old lady!” and “It’s Sunday.” Well, they caved… and asked me to take some portraits of […]

This first shoot of the year was a refreshing start to 2010. Sometimes I find running a photography business to be more business than actual shooting… and that can be hard. It’s like going to the gym for the first time in a month… you still have some muscle memory going on, but your body […]

I had a conversation with someone the other day about why I journal and blog. To put it as frankly as I can… I suffer from ever-so-frequent bouts of forgetfulness. Through the ups and downs life’s journey brings… I forget the ways God’s been good in the wonderful times… and I forget the ways God’s […]