je vois photography

There are many, many, many things I love about my job.  Among them is the fact that I am extremely extroverted.  Now that there are two children demanding me nearly constantly, I do require a little downtime, but mostly I like to be surrounded by people.  This particular shoot was fun because I went to […]

I got to spend the morning with the Jacksons on Friday.  It was gloomy, get-back-in-bed weather right up until we started shooting!  The sun came out and lit the way for all these beautiful portraits.  I had fun hanging out with this pretty family and Kelly told me today that they had fun, too.  In […]

I got to play with Bailey and her parents again this year.  But instead of spring, when we first met, it was on the most gorgeous fall day.  A little chilly, but the colors of the trees this weekend were perfection.  The last time I saw Bailey, she was just a sweet little newborn.  But […]

Do you remember these gorgeous curls from the last shoot I had with the Etheridge fam?  I couldn’t decide which of these next two I like best!  Little man’s smile is just so contagious in the first one.  What a precious family!!  Are you smiling yet?  I can’t work with this session without smiling!

When Kerra first emailed me about family portraits, this is what she said… “please know that it is just my husband, our large dog, and myself.  We got married about a year and a half ago and I just want to document our lives before children.”  I love it!  I’m such a fan of documenting […]

I got to hang out with the Campbell family last weekend.  This was our second portrait session, but our first since little Elle came into the world!  I just love this family and we had a wonderful time playing, but Elle was not so sure at first.  She quickly grew accustomed to the camera and […]

My friends the Tarrers wanted a family photo.  Partially just to have, and partially because next year they’re headed to the mission field and needed a picture for their missions agency (I am clearly not familiar with missionary jargon, but you get the point.)  They are such a sweet, loving, large family so it was […]

Before I had my own children, or even my husband, I had a 2nd family.  Joan Leslie, Jackson and Mathis (and their parents!)  I started babysitting Joan Leslie when she was born.  I was even her full-time nanny for a while.  When I went away to college, I babysat every Christmas and summer.  After college, […]

Remember last year when 2 happy couples won a photo shoot at Railroad Park?  Weeee-eeeell, one of those people was my life-long friend Erin.  As tends to happen, time passed and passed and passed and we JUST go around to it!  Now her family is one person bigger than last year, so we turned it […]

When we met to start Paxton’s 1-year-portraits, she pretended to be shy.  But just for a second.  Then her Daddy pulled out all the stops to get the best smiles and giggles from this cute girl.  I just love this family- we go to church together and have first born children with very strong wills, […]

It’s the time of year to start THINKING about your Christmas card photo.  I bet you’ll read this, file it away somewhere and then panic in November.  No matter when you decide to schedule your Christmas card photo, I’ll be ready!  However, for those of you who are planners and savers, here’s a little incentive… […]

Maternity sessions can be so beautiful.  Or a little awkward.  To me, it all depends on the mother-to-be and her comfort in her own pregnant skin.  When Amy and I were chatting about the plan for her maternity session her description was this:  “I want a portrait of me where I am pregnant.”  I think […]

One of my favorite parts of being a photographer is getting to spend extra time with people during really special times in their lives.  I get to be up close and personal at weddings, when people physically stand in line to congratulate the couple I’ve spent the whole day with.  I get to hold and […]

I was so excited to hear from another Homewood graduate about family portraits! Catie was younger than me, but I know her family from years of shared Homewood activities.  She and her husband Matt and twin 2-year-olds have been living on Samford University’s campus as he goes to the Divinity School for the last few […]

Today, before the storms, my little family and I headed out to Grabuck Farms to pick blueberries.  This lovely rooster seemed to be guarding the first set of bushes.  Cock-a-doodling all the way.And while baby Adelaide slept in the car, we took some really sweet portraits of Daddy and Pierce.  These next two capture her […]