Last year I started the tradition of photographing my family’s yearly family photos. All year long I meet so many wonderful people and have the immeasurable joy of getting to photograph their lives. The idea came when I realized I was missing out on getting to capture those memories for some of the people […]

I’ve been growing a few plants as of late. Buying packs of fresh herbs every week gave me the realization that attempting to nurture a few little plants may have a real financial reward in the end.  Just hoping they stay alive long enough to make the investment worth it :). Regardless, I love plucking […]

Small things bringing me joy this week: FREE printables like the above. I’ve been getting all Martha Stewart today after following all the links on Emma Magazine’s blog. This particular one from Tom Kat Studio. Speaking in front of 4 services at church Sunday about why I’m passionate about the wedding photography industry. I was […]

Food picture this week, in honor of all my new cravings and a slight obsession with specific foods as of late :).  Small things bringing me joy this week: Playing boggle around the dinner table  on a free night with hubby and my mother-in-law.  Being in the desert for another sunset this weekend. Truly, photography […]

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the […]

Simple Things bringing me joy this week: Receiving a handwritten letter in the mail. No one takes the time to do this anymore, and it totally made my day getting this piece of snail mail from sweet friend Paige.  A little diy Sunday project  for the office 🙂 Sharing a homemade meal with friends laughing into […]

Small things bringing me joy this week: A bowl full of berries for breakfast. Mmmm. Andy ate the raspberries, and I ate the black. Mixed together for aesthetic appeal only because we each don’t like the other :). A hour long ride on the light-rail (destination surprise–a secret, not the city. Just realized that may […]

Captured this image  last week as I was admiring the gentle light reflecting from the water. Knowledge and use of light is so crucial to my job as an artist. I love light, and I always find this verse intriguing me as I think on these things: “…God is light, and in Him is no […]

Small things bringing me joy this week: Making it out of the Grand Canyon. Such a simple statement I’m so grateful for.  Finding this blog post late one night as I was contemplating some big decisions for my business in the next year. It was terribly convicting. I love brand expert Renee’s honest words about […]

This blog post has been a long time coming, and I’m SO glad to finally get to share with you all more about this really great resource for sessions: working with a professional hair and makeup artist. I’ve known Mariana for awhile now. Strangely enough, I second shot her wedding 3 years before I showed […]