Today I get to share one of my favorite families with all of you again! I feel so lucky that I get to see this sweet family so often. And yet I can hardly believe that little miss Serrell is already 3 months old! Where has the time gone?! I swear it’s only been a …
Jared & Melissa Maternity | Mt. Zion, IL | Maternity Photographer
I feel so incredibly blessed to get to share this couple’s maternity session with all of you today! I’ve known Melissa since our high school days at St. Teresa and we’ve talked a little here and there over the years. More so recently with Ryan and my struggles trying to conceive, and her baking business. …
Camera Equipment: What I Use and Why
So last week I promised you a video on my camera equipment and then the video took too long to upload on my super slow country internet so here I am – making good on my promise and sharing it with you today. People always ask me what camera and lenses I use so I …
LSA Girls Volleyball – JV and Varsity
I’m so happy I finally managed to make it to one of the LSA Girls Volleyball games. A couple weeks ago I thought I was showing up just in time for the beginning of the Varsity game, but I must goofed up my times because the game was ending. So this time I made sure …
Shelby Still | LSA High School | Decatur, IL | Senior Photographer
It was an absolutely perfect day for a senior session when I met the beautiful miss Shelby out at Rock Springs Park in Decatur. I had been looking forward to her session since we first sat down and chatted at her pre-session consultation. This girl is a natural beauty with a smile that could light …
Pieces of Me: Essential Oils
Okay – so the video post I was going to share today is taking way too long uploading to YouTube so I’m going to postpone it to another day. Instead I thought I’d go ahead and share another Pieces of Me post. This one is about Essential Oils. Okay so I know that essential oil …
Through The Viewfinder Photography
As many of you know, I’m constantly educating myself on my craft and I love to explore new ideas and techniques for shooting. If you’ve been following me here for a while you probably remember my love for old film cameras and that I’ve slowly been acquiring a collection of them. So I recently have …
Writing And Fear
A little while ago I had the joy of spending a good deal of time talking with one of my super sweet cousins. One of the many things we talked about that evening was writing and fear. The topic mainly came up because of this… this little space on the internet, my online journal, and …
The Value of the Tangible
If you follow me on Instagram, you may recall a few weeks ago that I shared an album I had been working on for me and Ryan. Every year I make sure to get photographs taken of Ryan and me. It’s something that’s very important to me because someday I want our kids to be …
Locations: Wilborn Creek in Sullivan, IL
So I’ve shown you Camp Camfield and The Square in downtown Sullivan – today I thought I’d show you some pictures of another location within a 10 minute drive from our Kirksville home-studio… Wilborn Creek and the lake! Wilborn Creek is another awesome park that is also connected to Lake Shelbyville. It has a beautiful …