So my friend and June bride – Meagan – finally got to see her wedding album this past weekend. After several months of looking for the perfect vendor and designing the perfect layout for her photos, the completed project arrived in the mail. This was my first album design and my first product order from …
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A Weekend & Some Thoughts…
I have gone back and forth on this blog about how open to be. While this is my business blog, I really do share a part of myself with you in every picture and post. So I decided today that I would share some thoughts that have been running through my head. This past weekend …
Escalate 2010 | Tamara Lackey’s Talk | Washington, IL
Today I’m going to cover some of things I learned from Tamara Lackey at Escalate Live. I have followed Tamara’s blog for at least a year now. Tamara is an award winning children’s photographer based in North Carolina. Tamara captures these beautiful spontaneous moments and expressions and has a unique shooting style, which is similar …
Brionna Bryant Senior Photos | Mattoon, IL – Lytle Park
I was super excited to take Brionna’s senior photos. Brionna and her mom used to take my kick boxing class when I taught aerobics at the Y in Mattoon. So I knew I would have tons of fun shooting pictures of her. Brionna loves the Twilight books. So we tried to create some fun “Twilight” …
Showin’ Some Love #9
Well I had a formal blog post written for today on my laptop at home, but unfortunately I’m going to be stuck in Decatur all day – so that will have to wait til another day. So why am I stuck in Decatur, you may be wondering? Well, Ryan posted our 2003 Chevy Impala up …
Baby Photos | Photographing Your Child’s Milestones
I figured I would take today to talk about what the important milestones are to capture in your child’s first year of life and a little bit about why. Enjoy! 🙂 Your little angel has finally arrived and you want to photograph every moment of his or her little life! While it has become super …
Nicholls Family Photos | Monticello, IL | Allerton Park
There is nothing I love more than helping my family capture memories, and I was ecstatic when my aunt & cousin-in-laws asked me to take some family photos for them. I love this little family! Adam is such a cutie! He’s got so much energy and now that he’s talking he’s got so much to …
Escalate 2010 | Lori Nordstrom’s Talk | Washington, IL
I was really interested to hear what Lori Nordstrom was going to talk about. Lori is from Iowa and specializes in baby photography. And I’ll be honest – I haven’t had a whole lot of opportunities to work with babies so I knew it was an area that I could learn a lot about. And …
Jason & Gina Miller Wedding | Tower Hill, IL | Wedding Photography
I was lucky enough to get to take Jason & Gina’s engagement pictures back in September, and so I got the chance to learn a little bit about them before their wedding. But let me tell you something, weddings add a whole new dimension to understanding a little about the couple you’re shooting. These two …
Dreams…
So I was reading one of my photographer friend’s blogs the other day and she was talking about dreams. And I started thinking how interesting it is that we can all have so vastly different aspirations for our futures. Even those of us in the same profession. So I thought I’d share some things I …