I have ALWAYS had a passion for art and I like to think outside of the box. I received my degree in Art/ Graphic Design and I have narrowed down my photography passion to shooting WEDDINGS! I have become absolutely addicted to learning and experimenting with new techniques with every shoot. Although I la-la-LOVE what I do, I'm not just a mom with an expensive camera who just takes pictures for fun. I take my work very seriously, but I like to have fun and get crazy shots using different poses and crazy angles. I know your mom wants 99% of your shots to be beautiful full length gown shots..... but I'm not your traditional photographer.... sorry mom! I try to make my work artistic, modern, romantic, sexy, expressive, sensual and innovative. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not everyone will love my work and that's great because I don't want to be your classic photographer. Please check out my work and see if it's what you're looking for. I hope that I am hired not just as a photographer, but as an artist. That being said.... I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy producing it!
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I love shooting my childhood friends. I feel like I am always taking a look at my life and I’m constantly in awe that I am a mother, wife and now in my thirties! I love that my friends that I grew up with are now having more and more babies and we are now mothers. I know not every woman is like this, but when I’m pregnant I feel sexy, confident and glowing. I wanted to portray those attributes in Julianne’s portraits. I hope you like them!
First and foremost, I am NOT a newborn photographer. I really believe that you have to specialize in newborns to know what you are doing. There are sooo many factors involved to get those sweet little images. Maybe one day it will all click in my head.
Since Keira couldn’t get a newborn photographer, I told her I would do it. Wait a second, I just said that I am NOT a newborn photographer. Now I’m a little nervous and not totally sure of the end result…. babies aren’t as predictable as brides! I packed up everything that I owned and tried my best. Here’s my favorite 10!
I’ve only seen a handfull of births and each one has been nothing less than a miracle. It truly is a beautiful thing. As I know, the process goes by so fast and those precious memories are a whirlwind. I am so honored to have been able to capture this magical moment for Karisa and Marc.
I didn’t want to use a flash very much (the poor little guy is just seeing light for the first time). With no windows and very very low light I used my favorite lens with an super wide aperature of 1.2 and gave it lots of grain. I love the photojournalistic look the grain gives these images. I hope you enjoy them!
There’s no worse feeling in the world then not being able to go on a destination wedding to MAUI! Unfortunately, Brenda and Toby got married the same month I had my sweet Sadie or I totally would have hopped on a plane and shot their wedding. I REALLY need a vacation and the thought of warm Hawaiian water sounds so perfect. Luckily, I saw a few of their wedding day portraits and they are absolutely beautiful. Once they got back home we scheduled to do a bridal session as well so that they would have lots of pictures for their album.
I use to work with Brenda at the library back in high school and college (I know, the library, but it was a great job). I’m so happy for Brenda. Toby is a great guy (even if he doesn’t getting his picture taken). Congratulations guys!
Now that I’m back in the game I’ve made a few business choices. Since I am a nursing mommy, I am not booking as many weddings and am booking more portrait sessions. I’ve never really studied family sessions and geared my photography on them because I decided a while ago to focus on one part of photography. That one part was weddings.. I love them. It can be very overwhelming to try a be great as every aspect of photography. There’s newborns, families, seniors, maternity, studio work, events, commercial, landscape, weddings and the list goes on forever. Instead of being just ok at everything I decided I wanted to be respected as an artist and strive for greatness (I emphasize “strive”). So I’ve been only focusing on weddings, but I am excited to start opening up new doors and learning more.
Since I’ve gotten a lot of emails lately asking about portraits, I decided to post my pricing for a family session. I am charging $350 and that will include a 16×20 print mounted onto black standout board. I want my work to be treated as art and not a bunch of prints done at the local one hour photo. That’s why is included the 16×20 standout print. Please send me an email or give me a call if you would like to book a session! I would love to capture your family’s personality and faces so that you always have those memories.
Here’s what the sleek standout print looks like:
I love this Christmas card! Every year the Robinsons send out a funny Christmas card and this year they wanted to announce and show humor that they are expecting their fourth child. Four children…. twenty children… its all the same, right? The Duggars better watch their back because the Robinsons are following close behind.
I took a family portrait and then took a bunch of just the kids. A million photoshop hours later…. and WALLA!
In life I think you’re only given a few friends who are life long friends. Liz is one of those friends. We have been friends since middle school and I treasure her friendship dearly. Now we are SO much older and SO sophisticated and have our own children who are now good friends. That is really a cool thing that our children are now friends too. Liz and Beau just had baby Simeon, which makes baby number four! They are great parents and make it look easy. Here’s their cute little family.
I just got done making my HUGE list of sessions that I haven’t blogged in the last few months. I kinda fell of the face of the earth in my life as a photographer because I’ve been enjoying this beautiful face. I’m so sorry that I’ve been MIA lately, but I wouldn’t trade enjoying these special moments with my newborn for anything. There will be lots of posts in the near future as I play catch up on my blog! Thanks for looking!
If you want to have a good time then you should hang out with the Friedlanders. They are such a close knit fun family and it was a pleasure to capture their family portrait and some senior portraits for their son. I love the quirky last image of the dad. Here’s my top ten!
For a girl who doesn’t even normally wear make up, I think Melissa pulled off model quality quite well. Both of their moms joined us and they were loving it as much as me! The night was beautiful and as you can see, so was the couple. They are getting married next Friday so keep an eye out for more of their images in the near future. Here’s some of my favorites!
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