So Friday last week was my first official day photographing for Saint Teresa High School in Decatur. I was excited and nervous at the same time! Excited to get to work with these awesome guys and gals and nervous because I’d never done sports portraits before. There was a time when I would have said …
How to Take the Perfect Selfie
Let’s be real… we all do it! We all have those days when our hair is looking amazing or we just feel really cute. And we want to document this awesomeness – because we feel GOOD! And as much as we’d like our selfies to seem effortless, the truth is we usually end up taking …
Holden Ray’s One Year Session | Sullivan, IL
I can hardly believe this little man is one year old! It seems like just a few weeks ago that we were taking his newborn portraits and here we are sharing his big boy photos! And boy is he a big boy now! I had so much fun talking to Holden – he’s such a …
The Your Story Project
I’m super excited to announce this new project I’m working on and excited to invite my senior models to be a part of it! As a creative, I often find myself needing a creative outlet. Last year I decided to release creativity in a medium I knew nothing about and started painting. It was incredibly …
7 Tips for Those Struggling With Infertility
So after my last Baby Journey Update, I received a number of messages from other women on a similar path. It’s always simultaneously heartbreaking and comforting to find out others are going through similar experiences. There’s a support there, a collective “Thank God – you get how this feels!” But in chatting with all these …
Harlow is Three | Sullivan, IL Kid Photography
I’m so excited to share this pretty little princess with all of you today! I first met Harlow and her mommy, Heather last year for her two year session. And I was so excited when Heather contacted me again to photograph Harlow’s Three Year Portraits! With the cold weather, we decided to photograph Harlow’s session …
Ryan’s Birthday…
Yesterday was my wonderful husband’s birthday. Words cannot adequately express how much I adore this man. He has done more for me in the past 10 years than I can even explain. He has saved me from myself, lifted me up and helped mold me into a more complete and independent person. A good portion …
Gratitude 2014 in Print
So if you guys know me – you know I’m a big believer in printing your pictures. For the past few years I’ve had personal projects, my Gratitude Project in particular. In case you missed it from posts in years past, my Gratitude Project was something I started to help me focus on the positive. …
The Hays Family | Decatur, IL Family Photography
I’m so happy to get to show you this beautiful family today! This was my last official session for 2014. Janette contacted me a in early December to get a session scheduled for her family while her boys were home for the holidays. It worked out perfect that I had an opening available right before …
Exciting Things in 2015
Last year was a crazy, awesome, busy year – which is largely thanks to all of you! So with this bitterly cold weather and the slowing down of work, I’ve been working on getting everything ready for all you wonderful people who will be visiting me in 2015! So that means some tweaks, some changes, …