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It was hot as blue blazes on Danielle and Trey’s wedding day.  It rained three times, but never where Danielle was.  We think that means this marriage has extra luck!  I started the day with Danielle at her parents home in Liberty Park.  All the women in the family had their hair done there, and make […]

My favorite photos from Danielle and Trey’s wedding yesterday were their portraits after the ceremony.  Even though they wanted to get to their reception, like every couple, they trusted me with this time and their photos.  I am thrilled with what we got.  Here’s just a little sneak- the whole wedding day to follow!

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 […]

My brother and his beautiful wife Brittany became beekeepers earlier this year. It was a pretty big deal.  They each had a colony to parent, each with a beautiful white bee box for the bees to inhabit and fill and create honey.  Of course, the honey is the main goal.  And last weekend was extraction […]

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 […]

Everyone loves a good love story.   Ones like Rachel and Jay’s are some of my favorites… boy meets girl, boy and girl go different directions, boy and girl meet again years later, fall in love and live happily ever after.  A few Saturdays ago, I got to witness the beginning of Rachel and Jay’s happily […]

Kathy and Matt were married last Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood.  They have been together for 5-years, and were well prepared for this day!  Kathy, a bride after my own heart, had a notebook full of checklists and phone numbers and deadlines.  It all paid off, because if I could describe their […]

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 […]

I realize that first birthday parties are mainly for the parents (and siblings.)  I kept this one a little smaller than my first first birthday party.  Little Adelaide had a pinwheel party the Saturday after her birthday.  It’s much harder to be the host, mom and photographer than it is to be JUST the photographer, […]

One year ago today, my sweet baby Adelaide was born.  I looked back at the photos from the day she was born and couldn’t resist sharing some.  Even in the hospital, the nurses would bring her to me and say, “She’s so sweet.”  And she really is.  While she’s getting louder and forming definite opinions, […]

When I met Danielle at her aunt’s house for her bridal portrait session a few months ago, it just happened that her cousin Liesa had just gotten engaged.  I talked to her mom about the details for a while, and a few weeks later, met Liesa and Chad about their wedding.  They were wonderful about […]

I’ve been away from home for the last month.  I haven’t traveled extensively, but I have been a few places.  I once took an AMAZING trip to Europe with my sister, Hagen.  I have gone to Jamaica and San Francisco with my husband.  I went to Cancun with some friends and to New York a […]

Danielle and Jonathan got married on a day predicted to have a lot of rain.  But, at the church where Jonathan grew up, Westwood Baptist, there were only sunny skies and fluffy white clouds!  They had postponed and changed the details of their wedding day a few times as they aligned their priorities to include […]

Today a girl I met around 10 years ago got married and I had the privilege of photographing it.  I started teaching Danielle ballet when she was a 9th grade girl and today I watched a graceful woman marry the man she has loved for almost as long.  One of the hardest things about bridal […]

I love the tingly anticipation and nerves right before a big performance.  I used to feel it regularly when I danced, and now i feel that excited energy right before a wedding.  Especially when it’s a wedding like Walt and Elizabeth’s… a perfect wedding, with beautifully thought out details and really genuinely kind people.  This […]