We have only a super small number of immediate family members that live within an hour and a half of us. Three to be exact. My mom, my step dad and one of my brothers. The closest other immediate family members we have near us live over seven hours away. It’s heartbreaking most of the […]

I took a wonderfully long blogging hiatus over break. Honestly, I may do that more often. Blogging is my way of documenting some family memories, along with highlighting some of my photography work–but it often turns into a chore rather than a joy. Taking a nice long break of a couple of weeks was good […]

Winter is taking it’s sweet time getting here, and I am A-okay with that. Temperatures I think have been averaging about 50! We’ve only seen a couple of very small flurries this December (none that have stuck to the ground yet), and the next two days are supposed to be in the 60’s! Seriously, this is […]

A little over a week ago, I took a quick business/family trip by myself down to Georgia. I was able to make a quick stop to my dad’s house and have a wonderful dinner with family, and then I spent a couple of days with a fellow photographer. The whole trip was quick and wonderful, […]

2015 is coming to a close, and we’re rolling right on through December without looking behind us. Our house is in the Christmas spirit and we have decorations warming our hearts in our main living space (with a touch in the big boys’ room as well). We love our real tree and I ask myself why […]

For those of you who aren’t photographer folk, I am going to teach you something today about a little thing called noise. Noise is what happens when you take a picture in low light and either in camera (by raising something called your ISO) or post processing, you make the exposure brighter. Enter noise. Little speckles […]

I love the sun at any time of year, it’s true. Especially in the few minutes before it disappears over the horizon. But there is something about that sun in the colder months that makes it even better–and I think it’s because there are no leaves on trees, so it shines even brighter when trying […]

Just when I think I’m doing pretty well staying on top of things, I remember that I haven’t blogged all week. When one race horse is doing well, another one always is lagging behind–somewhere. Small victories for me this week: -Making a real dinner yesterday! It may not mean much to you, but it was […]

My children happily oblige to me taking their photographs. I’m not sure how I even got lucky with Sawyer, but he is so cooperative, it’s not even funny. He has spent a couple of hours the past few days getting out all of my Christmas decorations and helping me set up the studio for my […]

Some days my camera doesn’t come out often. . .but then I remember that I’ve promised to try to take a photograph every single day this year. I’ve missed some days of course, and more than often I remember during the day when two out of my three kids are at school. So that means […]