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Spain has been on our bucket list for many years. So when we started planning our 20th wedding anniversary trip, we knew it was time to go! We try and travel often and every five years on landmark anniversaries go on our adventures sans children. We missed them terribly, but it was nice to have […]
Tim and I love to travel. And, we want to instill that passion for seeing and experiencing new things in our children. So what better way to help foster the travel bug than with a family trip to two very iconic cities, Paris and London. This is only the second time we’ve been to Europe; […]
It’s been far too long since I’ve left the comfort of home to be out on the road. It’s like there’s this thing deep inside me that longs to travel. I’m always wanting to see and experience new things, but life seems to find a way of making me feel to busy to leave. And […]
For me, one of the most rewarding things about photography is the opportunity for growth. It seems that the well of possibilities in this craft has no bottom. This both excites and scares me…all at the same time. And so I am always looking for new ways to approach my work and new tools to […]
It’s been a big adjustment since my husband’s whole family moved to Arizona a few years ago, but at least now we have an excuse to travel back to a part of the country we both love with all of our hearts. Well, we love it about 75% of the time, in the summer…that’s a […]
I want to take a moment to interrupt your regularly scheduled wedding related posts to share with you images from our recent travels through Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana (otherwise known as the wild west). And what a beautiful and wild part of the United States it is. After leaving California we were pleasantly surprised […]
It seems like I’m always overdue for updated fall portraits of the kids. And it’s so true what they say about time flying when you have young ones in the house. Mitchell is now 12 (a pre-teen!!) and Miss Megan is 7. They are growing-up so fast right before my eyes! So, we decided to […]
2013 was a year of transition for me. I completed my transformation to “Apple fangirl” by ditching my PC for an iMac, made the leap to Lightroom (why did I wait so long again?), and started incorporating constant lighting into my reception images. I won another Bride’s Choice Award (four years running now), gained acceptance […]
This year for spring break we decided to head to the coast. It had been a few years since the kids have been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the ocean is such a calming place for me. It was a wonderful trip! Vacations are such a great bonding time, just being outside of the […]
I started this journey in 2008 with my DSLR in hand and nothing more than a strong passion for photography and a desire to create beautiful images. I never could have predicted where it would bring me. I have met some amazing people who have opened their lives and their hearts to me. They have […]