Once upon a time, I was a new and budding photographer with big hopes! When I graduated from college with my BFA in photography and design, I had hardly any money and only basic camera equipment. But I decided if I was going to have a home business – I needed to start now and …
Baby Journey: Why Adoption Is Not Always the Answer
When you open up about something that people have no experience in or don’t understand… you undoubtedly are going to get questions. A lot of questions. There is one question that seems to be incredibly common when you are struggling with infertility. Before we changed directions in our path towards parenthood… I was asked this …
New Fine Art Series: Invisible
One of my goals for this year is to create at least one fine art piece per month. I felt like this was very manageable goal even for the busy months of the year. But I found myself feeling uninspired. Most of my creations stem from a momentary visual in my mind that I feel …
CoSchedule Review: Save Time, Blog More, & Increase Traffic
It’s been over a year since I last shared my love of CoSchedule with you and I thought I’d go ahead and share a little about this awesome plugin with you again. (If you missed the previous post – you can check it out here.) As you all know – I love writing here on …
Cole Lamb Senior Portraits | St. Teresa Decatur
Today I get to share this awesome stud with all of you! Cole is another one of my Saint Teresa seniors. I’ve been lucky enough to already Cole several times at school for sports and dances. So I was super excited to get to work with him for his senior session and to get to …
Harrison’s Birthday Mini | Sullivan, IL Baby Photography
This little man! I mean… when did he get so big?! I feel like it was only a month or two ago that we were taking his newborn portraits, and here we are doing a little mini session for his birthday party cards. You guys probably remember that this handsome little man is one of …
Paintings for Sale
I may have mentioned previously that I was working on some painting to sell. I started painting for fun a couple years ago when I needed a new creative outlet. Something I didn’t feel constrained by rules because I didn’t know them. And so painting became one of the first steps towards creative freedom. (You …
Behind the Scenes: Workflow
So when I was recently talking at the 8th Grade Career Fair one of the things we’re supposed to talk to the kids about is what a typical day looks like. And the thing is – I don’t really have a “typical” day. All my days are very different. Some days I edit all day. …
The Gratitude Project Shop is Open
I shared with you guys on New Years Day some of the goals I have for this year. And one of those goals is to make my art more accessible, to make it possible for people to view and purchase pieces of my creative expressions. I figured a safe and easy place to start would …
The Birthday Boy
Eleven birthdays… today is the eleventh birthday I’ve gotten to celebrate my wonderful, amazing husband. And he certainly deserves to be celebrated! There is never a day that I don’t consider myself lucky to have this man in my life and better still that I get to be his wife. If you’ve been reading for …