Last week my sweet friends Katelyn & Michael hosted a huge cook “in” (since it rained ;) for our local SHARE group (members who use the Showit website company) and I was reminded all over again how wonderful it is to have such a huge group of friends in this industry. It’s become a normal […]

I’ve been wanting to introduce a blog series that will allow me to post, from time to time, more about my workflow, my shooting, how I approach weddings, etc, as one of the requests has been for me to post more educational stuff in the mix of photoshoots and personal life. But I wanted it […]

As December dwindles, and consequently, 2012 as a whole, I’m brainstorming lots of thoughts, ideas, hopes, dreams, and goals for 2013. One of the things I want to continue to improve is this blog! I LOVED making it my home on the interwebs this past year, and getting more passionate about blogging than I’d ever […]

(Thanks to Katelyn James for these photos of me!) Back in July when I went to Justin & Mary’s Lighting Workshop here in Richmond, before they launched into lighting techniques, they shared a little bit about their business and their motivation behind why they shoot. They said they had boiled down their business goal and purpose to […]

Rainy, gray days always seem to make me want to light some candles, grab a blanket, and curl up on the couch with a good book. Am I right? It just feels like the right thing to do. Maybe it’s just me, but I have such a hard time focusing and feeling energetic when there […]