oh my goodness!!! this weekend was absolutely lovely! as some of you may know, i got to kick off wedding season with emily and robbie’s GORGEOUS wedding!!! it may have just finished up snowing on monday, but we did have a LOVELY spring day. FINALLY!!! so thankful my beautiful friend and fellow photographer, nikki, was [...]
this past saturday, i got to second shoot with the ever-so-sweet arli of arli quinn photography. she was so nice and encouraging the whole time. i couldn’t have asked for a better person to second shoot for. for those of you who don’t know what second shooting is, it is when you are there to [...]
i do love love LOVE a fun engagement session! why? because it’s a WONDERFUL time to get to know my couple before their big day. it’s usually a more relaxed setting and just a good time to have fun! i encourage my couples NOT to STRESS about their engagement pictures. i want them to relax [...]
no, this blog post isn’t about the spice girls’ song. does anyone actually remember what i’m referring to anyway? sometimes i’ll make a spice girl reference and people will be like… who? whoa now! i must be getting older if people don’t remember the spice girls (my favorite group EVER when i was younger!). but [...]
here’s to hoping you all had a wonderful valentine’s day with your loved ones! :) don’t forget to stand up for yourself. here’s to never letting a good idea go down the drain again. and THIS is why clients don’t receive every single photo taken on their shoot! ;) you can make me a cake [...]
alrighty. here it is. the list. my goals. what i’m planning on working my booty off for this year. THIS is what i need and want to make happen. i can’t believe i am being this vulnerable and sharing this with you all. this means i have to do something about it. i can’t just make a [...]
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i woke up early on saturday morning, to get ready for day 2 of wedding festivities! i was SO excited for janice and bean’s wedding day! we had been talking about it for a while and the day was FINALLY here! the skies were very overcast that day and there was a threat of rain, [...]
as the girls were getting ready, the sweet melody of bob marley’s voice danced in the air. his soothing sound was a great way to prepare for caitlin and joe’s wedding! everyone was so relaxed and it made for an awesome time. that helped out a lot when that nasty storm rolled through. thankfully it [...]
phew!!! i survived!!! i officially made it!!! i completed my first ever double-wedding-weekend extravaganza!!!!!!! it was amazing and i loved it!!! but now, all i want to do is sleep hehe. it hurts to even walk up the stairs haha. they weren’t lying when they said you’d feel like you got hit by a train. [...]
this past weekend, a best friend got hitched. since when was i old enough for this to happen? when did my life get to this point? i still feel like we are playing dress up. this doesn’t feel real. whoa. reality check. i’m not 16 anymore. i’m officially at the point in my life when [...]
whoa! i can’t believe that it is already july 3rd! where has the summer gone? it is going by way too fast. justin has officially moved in to richmond for the summer. he has an internship with a counseling place until the school year starts back. it’ll be nice to have him close by. no [...]
the weather had been ridiculously hot all week. every time you walked outside you felt like you were running a marathon in a sauna, while wearing a parka. yes! it was to that extreme. ;) saturday was equally as hot, yet the humidity disappeared. thank the Lord. however, before i made it to the ceremony, [...]
okay. maybe saying i’m obsessed is a little strong, but it’s the best way to describe how i feel about these things. passionate might be a good choice too haha, but saying you’re passionate about mexican food just sounds weird haha. so here are some things that i’ve been obsessed with lately: my goodwill steals. [...]
