A Creative Project During Lockdown. A Toy Story Newborn Session Being that The Great COVID Lockdown of 2020 is preventing photographers from holding sessions, there has been a lot of “photo challenges” being posted in our groups here on facebook to keep us inspired, challenged & most of all, creating.⠀It’s hard to keep the juices […]

They say that moments of awe will increase your life expectancy by years. If this is true, then our visit to the Washington DC cherry blossoms in 2019 added about a decade and a half to my life! I will admit, I am easy to please. I seek joy & embrace it wholly. But it […]

Last week I posted about how I was managing this while COVID thing. But what about kids? They may seem aloof, but they are hearing and processing all of the same information that we are! I’ve spent the last 18 days focusing on my kids emotions during this heath crisis and they have been thriving. […]

I thought my personal post this week should somehow touch on the most current of events. I’ve thought about how I would approach the COVID-19 topic for nearly two weeks now and rather than posting about safety, prepping or my own company policy, I thought I would share with you the 5 ways I am […]

The Friday personal post is a day late because of the annual SE Virginia snow! If you know anyone that lives in South East Virginia or North Carolina, you know through their social media posts that we got snow. It’s literally the only thing I saw in my feed for two days. The day prior […]

Growing and improving is so important to me. Each year I invest in some sort of photography related education. Previous years included online newborn workshops, in-person newborn mentoring, editing classes, a course on posing and use of light outdoors, and a huge styled wedding event. This year is a big one! The education investment for […]

While I was on the kick of documenting some very ordinary extraordinary moments in my personal life, I decided to capture the annual trimming of our Christmas tree. As my trusty Nikon clicked away I couldn’t help but think of the history of our tree ceremony. A Little Backstory Our Family room is two stories. […]

So there is this one tradition that we kind of have at our house… it’s kind of a fun tradition but not really one that we should encourage. It is kind of ironic and probably something that you will scold me for. Today I will tell you about this tradition. Other than beginning with the […]