Back in September of 2015, I partnered up with my dear friend and fellow photographer Sarah in her BoxDrops by SJP business. Through her online store, Sarah provides photographers with templates, education, business paperwork, and her amazing, one-of-a-kind backdrops. So of course I was honored to become one of the designers behind the awesome products …
St. Teresa Decatur Spring Play | The Addams Family
This past weekend was the performance of St. Teresa’s spring play – The Addams Family. Like we did earlier this year, I popped in on Wednesday night for their rehearsal and we captured some pictures for their yearbook. There is a lot of prep, costuming, and makeup required for this play. Many of the cast …
LSA Senior Yearbook Head Shots
I have mad love for my LSA faculty, students and families. From the very first time I came in to capture images for them – they were incredibly kind, friendly, inviting, and appreciative. Something that to this day hasn’t changed. I absolutely love walking into LSA and hanging out with these awesome young men and …
Behind the Scenes: 8 Things that Happen During Slow Season
We’re starting to come out the other side of what we photographers refer to as the “slow season.” Every year between January and March or so we see business die off a little bit (or a lot). It gets cold and dreary out, and people are starting to recover from the holidays. Not many people …
Guster Craynn Newborn Photography | Mt. Zion, IL
I’m so excited to share this handsome little man with all of you! Jarred and Laramie are two of our dear friends (who you’ve probably seen on the journal a time or two before). I still remember very clearly the night Laramie texted me to tell me she had gotten her positive pregnancy test. Of …
Jennifer Birschbach Senior Photography | St. Teresa Decatur
Today I get to share the amazing Jennifer, one of my St. Teresa High School senior ladies! I knew I liked Jenny from the moment I met her. I feel like she is one of those seniors who already has a pretty firm grasp on who she is and who she wants to be. And …
St. Teresa 2016 Winter Sports Portraits
This marks officially one full year since I started working with St. Teresa. My first shoot for my alma mater was last year for their winter sports portraits and a couple weeks ago we did the 2016 winter sports portraits. For those who don’t keep track of sports… that means we got to photograph the …
THRIVE February 2016 Shoots
I feel like that last month went by super quickly and here we are with another little peek at some of the shoots I got to do for THRIVE magazine in Decatur last month. If you live in Decatur I’m sure you have seen this awesome entertainment magazine in various places around town. THRIVE does …
Behind the Scenes: We All Start Somewhere
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 …
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 …