With the fire that burned down my home, I lost all my photography equipment. Shortly after the fire I replaced the bare essentials for my photography equipment: camera, lenses, computer, software, etc… But before the fire I had several back ups of my equipment in case of emergency and most especially for weddings. Since the …
The Journal
Be Certain You Hired a Professional
I often find myself amused by the fact that every time you turn around, there’s a new “photographer” in town. I put photographer in quotes because I’ve been stunned by the number of people who have no background in photography, no education in it, and no real drive to pursue educating themselves to improve themselves. …
A Poem about Photography – by James Metcalfe
I find words to be an incredibly beautiful and powerful thing (after photographs of course). Words provide us with the ability to share our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and ideas with others. Think of all the limitations we would have if we didn’t have words! It’s astounding really! So I decided today to share with you …
My First Second Shooting Gig: Breanne and Brian’s Wedding
There’s this wonderful thing about the photography community. I’ve talked before about there being two distinct groups: the bitter, secluded group and the excited, eager to share group. I’ve been lucky enough to find other like-minded photographers who feel the same way I do and share my enthusiasm too 🙂 I’ve been lucky enough to …
Jolie Harper’s 1 Month Session | Mt. Pulaski, IL | Baby Photography
I was so excited when I got the phone call from Lynnette about doing photos of her beautiful baby girl, Jolie. I drove out to their Mt. Pulaski home and met this sweet little lady and gorgeous momma for the first time. Jolie is such a baby doll of a little girl! She’s so precious! …
An Obsession….
So I have this mild obsession with color…. feel free to blame college, I certainly do! When you spend an entire year studying the different variations of color from brightness and saturation to color partnerships and combining, it’s hard not to be really particular about colors. I know I can sometimes annoy Ryan because when …
2012 LSA Graduation | Decatur, IL | Event Photography
It’s been a couple weeks ago now that I was asked to come to the LSA Graduation to document the event! I’ll be honest – having never been to a LSA Graduation before and knowing the graduating class only had about 24 students I was expecting it to be a pretty small affair. I was …
Memorial Day – House Update
As it is Memorial Day weekend, Ryan has the day off and (surprisingly) so do I. So we’re spending the day of thanks and appreciation for military men and women working on insurance paperwork for the house. Yes… the house fire may have been over 7 months ago, but we’re still in the process of …
Phil & Kristi’s Wedding | Allerton Park, Monticello, IL | Wedding Photography
You may remember this gorgeous couple from their engagement session last year in May, and I had been looking forward to Phil & Kristi’s wedding day ever since! I just adore these two! They are such a sweet couple, and you’d have a hard time finding two people more head-over-heels for each other than these …
Rachel & Dylan | Charleston, IL | Family Photography
Well it’s now been over two months since I got to take pictures of Rachel and Dylan. I was lucky enough to do senior photos for miss Rachel… goodness! I think it’s been three years ago now! So I was super excited when Rachel messaged to ask me about doing some pictures of her and …