Last week on Thursday I had the amazing privilege of speaking to a local photography group – the Decatur Camera Club. You may recall earlier this year, I was invited to be a guest judge for their print competition at the Macon County Fair. It was a wonderful experience meeting the photographers and looking at …
The Busiest Time of the Year
Well I had a post all lined up for you guys today and then I had to move some things around. But man! Let me tell you guys! This month has been SUPER busy! I mean, October is normally the busiest month of the year for photographers. At least in the Midwest. Because here we …
Baylee Phillips Senior Photography | LSA Decatur
This is a bittersweet moment for me you guys. This beautiful young lady… I’ve known her for the past four years. Her mom is the secretary at LSA grade school. Jayme came up to me my first year working for LSA and told me “My daughter is a freshman here and she informed me that …
Story Conference in Nashville | Part 2
Friday you got to hear the beginnings of my trip down to Nashville for Story, a creative conference. So today I’m breaking down what Day 2 looked like for us! We stayed in a hotel a little drive from Cross Point church, so we got up bright and early, packed up our bags and headed …
Story Conference in Nashville | Part 1
So if you follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed I was out of town on September 30th through October 2nd for a conference. The conference I attended was called Story and it was in Nashville, Tennessee at Crosspoint Church. I had never heard of Story before, but when my church asked me to …
Harrison’s 6 Month Session | Sullivan, IL
I’m so excited to share this little munchkin with all of you today! It seems like simultaneously forever ago and just a few days ago that I was taking little mister Harrison’s newborn portraits, and here we are doing his 6 month old session! I adore this family! I feel so very blessed that I …
St. Teresa High School Fall Sports | Decatur, IL
With the school year in full swing – it’s time to share St. Teresa’s Fall Sport Portraits. For those who don’t know, during the fall season we have golf, cross country, football, boys soccer, and girls volleyball. So we photographed all of these teams for the fall sports portraits. For the sports portraits, I always …
Saint Teresa 2015 Homecoming | Decatur, IL
I’m sure you guys have been waiting for it since I posted Friday’s activities earlier this week. Well today is the day! I’m sharing our peek at St. Teresa High School’s Homecoming Dance. This was my first year photographing homecoming for St. Teresa so I wasn’t fully sure what to expect. I knew where to …
St. Teresa Homecoming Assembly and Football Game
This past week was Saint Teresa High School’s Homecoming week. Along with all the fun they had their annual Pep Assembly on Friday afternoon before the football game that evening. They students got to have a spirit dress day and participate in a bunch of fun activities. Each class had students compete to earn points …
Converting Film Negatives in Photoshop
Every once in a while, I will get a special request from family, friends or a client asking me if I would be able to do something with cherished old photographs. Sometimes it’s taking an old print they have and giving it new life. Sometimes it’s taking one of the old curved surface prints and …