I LOVE sparkler exits, but they are also one of the trickiest things to photograph. I will never forget my first experience with sparklers at a wedding. The main thing I could think about was…

When I sat down with Rachel and Alex to chat about their wedding a few months ago, the first thing that I noticed is that they are not only both down to earth, but they are both on the same page about everything they want for their wedding day. As they shared with me that they want to…

This month is a big one. I’m celebrating five years as a business owner. Yes, you heard that right…FIVE YEARS!!! In many ways it seems like yesterday, but when I think back on all the sessions I’ve done and about the clients I’ve worked with, it seems like it’s been forever. I recently did a portrait session…

Ballet has always held a special place in my heart. I took my first class when I was around three years old and it was love at first plie. One of my earliest memories of ballet class is of me and my classmates sitting on the floor, legs stretched out before us and listening to “Miss Sue” call out in her lovely British accent, “point and flex, point and flex” as we warmed up our feet. At the end of class, we would exit the studio in a single file line, each one of us pausing to curtsy to “Miss Sue” on our way out the door and hoping for a chance to wear her tiara, which was…

I first got into photography 12 years ago this summer. That seems so long ago when I say it, but in many ways it feels like that time went by in the blink of an eye. As a new photographer, I took every chance I had to practice the techniques I had learned in the photography classes I took in college. In many ways, it was trial and error. I was trying to still learn what the heck f-stop, shutter speed and ISO meant, but I was mostly concerned with making sure my shots were actually in focus. I didn’t have a digital SLR back then, so…