It is my insane pleasure to introduce the beautiful Miss Emily to all of you today! I was so excited when Emily’s mom called to talk about Emily’s session. I was lucky enough to get to do Emily’s older sister, Megan’s, senior portraits a couple years ago so I was overjoyed to get to know …
The Shop: New & Improved is Open
It occurred to me today that I hadn’t shared with all you lovely ladies and gents that we have updated and improved the Green Tree Media Photographer Shop. All the albums, overlays, actions, and were previously featured here on the journal are now purchasable through The Shop – making it super quick and easy for …
The Floyd Kids | Decatur IL | Family Photographer
It’s that time of year where I get to see the wonderful Floyd family! I feel so lucky that since Caleb & Brayden’s six month session I’ve gotten to work with and document this sweet family! I met Liz and the kids out at Rock Springs Park and oh my gosh! I could not believe …
Autumn Collins | LSA High School | Decatur, IL | Senior Photography
Another day and another lovely senior lady I get to show off to all of you today! I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of knowing this beauty for a couple years now. I did Autumn’s older brother, Trent’s, senior portraits a couple years ago. So of course, I’m thrilled to get to document her senior year …
Ashlee Knapik | St. Teresa | Decatur IL | Senior Photographer
Get ready ladies and gents! Today I get to share the beautiful Ashlee with all of you! I was super excited when Ashlee’s mom contacted me about doing her senior portraits. I knew of the Knapik family through one of my former senior clients and I just knew that they’d be a wonderful family to …
Brailey’s One Year Session | Decatur IL | Children Photographer
I’m so excited to be sharing sweet miss Brailey’s One Year Old Session with you all today! You may remember this little love from her family’s session last year at Christmas time. Needless to say – I was honored that her momma called me to capture this precious little lady’s one year old portraits too! …
Ruey’s Two Year Session | Decatur IL | Child Photographer
Oh sweet Miss Ruey! How I adore this little girl and her wonderful family! Words cannot express how lucky I feel that Kyle and Macky came into my life three years ago for their engagement session, and I’ve been documenting this beautiful family ever since! It seriously feels like just a week ago that I …
Creating Your Own Photoshop Action
I thought I would use today’s journal entry to share with you all how to create your own actions in Photoshop. If you are anything like me, over time you have probably accrued quite the collection of photoshop actions. But what I’ve come to realize is that I tend to use the same actions over …
Night Sky Photography
Sometimes, or rather oftentimes, I feel this need to create. Once upon a time… one of my college professors told me I should never do portrait photographer, but stick to nature and landscapes. Today I find that statement rather funny considering my clients love the way I bring out their inner spark and personality in …
The Value of a Professional Photographer
It seems about once every couple of months, I have a new client call or come in for their consultation and hear about a prior experience with a photographer that was less than they expected. Either the quality of the photographs was poor or the service was sub par or the photographer was unprofessional. Whatever …