If you’ve seen me, you’ve probably noticed that I have crazy curly hair. I am not one to spend a bunch of time styling myself, let alone trying to tame my mane! But over the years I’ve learned a few tricks on how to take better care of my hair to make sure it stays …
Annastyn’s Birthday Mini | Sullivan, IL Photographer
This little princess! Oh my gosh! How is she almost one already!? I feel like it wasn’t that long ago that we were taking her newborn portraits, and here we are doing a little mini session for her birthday party cards. You guys probably remember that this little lady is one of my baby plan …
BoxDrops by SJP – PRODUCT UPDATE!
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 …
Book Review: I Cry in the Shower: Loving Silas Living with Cancer by Gloria Martin
If you stopped by the journal on Friday, you probably saw my latest fine art self portrait piece and you may have watched the video that accompanied it in which I dedicated the art piece to my dear friend and author, Gloria. I just finished reading her book. It is amazing, honest, and brought me …
New Fine Art Series: Breathe
Woohoo! Another fine art piece for you all today! This progress makes me so happy! I’ve mentioned before that one of my goals for this year is to create at least one fine art piece per month. This feels like an attainable goal for the year and it should help me “finish” the series by …
Gratitude Project | Winter 2016
I’ve been sharing a lot of my fine art projects with you and it seems I’ve let my Gratitude Project slip a little. Honestly I’m okay with that for a couple reasons. One – I think it’s important that we evolve as artists. If we continue to do the same things over and over we …
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 …
Baby Journey Update: Nursery Progress
I realized it’s been a little while since I posted any updates on our adoption process here on the journal. I’ve been sharing updates on a more frequent basis on a facebook page I created for our adoption (Ryan and Stephanie Adopt). Feel free to follow us there if you’d like. Otherwise, I will periodically …
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 …