je vois photography

“Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love?  That Satan’s way is more powerful, more practical, more fulfilling in my daily life than Jesus’ way?  Why else get angry?  Isn’t it because I think complaining, exasperation, resentment will pound me up into the full life I really […]

I got to spend Sunday afternoon with this adorable little girl named Blake.  Her mom emailed me a few weeks ago about taking her 6-month portraits.  As I walked into their home, I saw beautiful portraits of her two children in each room.  This mom is not only diligent about having portraits made, she is […]

“… but to give thanks is an action and rejoice is a verb and these are not mere pulsing emotions.  While I may not always feel  joy, God asks me to give thanks in all things, because He knows that the  feeling of joy begins in the action of thanksgiving… The demanding of my own […]

I met this really adorable girl, Colleen, at a mutual friend’s Halloween Party 3 1/2 years ago.  The few times we have hung out, I’ve found myself talking only to her instead of others.  She’s delightful.  She’s beautiful inside and out… confident without being arrogant, athletic yet feminine, loves the Lord and lives her life […]

Photographers say it all the time… we don’t take pictures of our own life because we’re so busy taking pictures of others.  I did really well taking pictures at milestones, until about 10 months ago. But today, me and my girls took a trip to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and enjoyed this spring day right […]

36. A husband who plays princesses and blows bubbles with our daughters37.  that she got his big blue eyes and gentle spirit38.  …and eyelashes39.  bathtime 40.  the never-ending joy of making anything a hat 41.  baby bellies 42.  that this one is taking her time growing up “How do you count on life when the […]

A really cool thing about being a wedding photographer at this time is that my youngest sister’s friends are getting married!  Maria was one of her childhood friends and this weekend I got to do an engagement session with Allison, another childhood and still very close friend.  It’s really cool to see these little girls […]

My first official photo session in 2012 allowed me to meet someone I had been really wanting to.  Little Eva is the granddaughter of a family I just love.  They were a huge part of my life for a time and I love to see them happy.  This sweet girl Eva and her parents have […]

“God is always good and I am always loved. Everything is eucharisteo. Because eucharisteo is how Jesus, at the Last Supper, showed us to transfigure things- take the pain that is given, give thanks for it and transform it into a joy that fulfills all emptiness.  I have glimpsed it: This, the hard eucharisteo.  The  […]

“I have to seek God beauty.  Because isn’t my internal circuitry wired to seek out something worthy of worship?  Every moment I live, I live bowed to something.  And if I don’t see God, I’ll bow down before something else.” (Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts, Zondervan, Grand Rapids Michigan, 2010, 110.)   27.  old friends […]

“Every time you feel in God’s creatures something pleasing and attractive, do not let your attention be arrested by them alone, but, passing them by, transfer your thought to God and say: ‘O my God, if Thy creations are so full of beauty, delight and joy, how infinitely more full of beauty, delight and joy […]

Because of a fellow photographer friend, Amanda, I snuck into my children’s rooms and took pictures of the sweet little cherubs.  I am, of course, thankful for the times they’re asleep 🙂  But also… 14. the way she snuggles the blanket given by mom on the day of her birth 15. reading with her in […]

In the past, when you’ve seen my favorite little McCarthy family, there have been just four.  At the end of the year, though, Amy’s mom contacted me about family portraits for the WHOLE family.  That included her (Debra) and her 4 daughters, plus all their spouses and children.  As with most activities that involve that […]

Last week I told you about a goal of mine to post a photograph a week of what I’m grateful for.  There is a greater goal in this that just being grateful… to obtain the fullest joy possible through realizing how good God is and therefore be able to live fully in the moment.  Today, […]

Are you sick of family Christmas card pics?  I am.  But I love this little family so much that I can’t help but post it.  About halfway through the session, Rachel (mom) and I decided that 18-months is the hardest age for photos.  Charlotte was not going to sit still for more than 15 seconds.  […]