georgia*

oh beautiful georgia!

Georgia is amazing. Seriously.
This was such a wonderful treat to be able to photograph her and be photographed by her.
Georgia and I just met a few short months ago...but I already feel such a friendship with her. A couple of weeks ago, we decided to set up a photo date where we traded taking pictures of one another. It was such a great exercise in self-acceptance and love. I had such an amazing time with her that morning, changing wardrobes, laughing, talking and sharing inspiration.

We've decided to do this as often as we can, maybe once a month or so. I can't wait for our next date!!!

Here are a few of my most favorite of Georgia. I still have quite a few to work through, but this is where I am at so far.

Isn't she a knockout?

grateful.

I am just feeling so intensely grateful for all of the wonderful people in my life!
Seriously, I am a blessed gal.

Part of my love and appreciation for photography is getting to try my best to capture the energy and love between different families.

Sara is a treasured person in my life.
I have known her since college...and without knowing it, we had babies about the same time!

Since then, we have developed a different connection than we had before...through motherhood and also our individual journeys into photography.

When she asked me to photograph her family several weeks ago, I was thrilled and honored!

I love being around this family, and I think that the images are genuine representations of who they are together.

Thank you Sara, Tim, Griffin and McKenna.
It was truly an honor! ;)

sweet as sugar*

Meet little miss Cambry! She is literally one of the darn cutest little girls I have ever seen.
She is the lovely daughter of one of my dearest friends, Christin, who was my roommate for all four years of college.
I love being able to see Christin as a mama (a rather amazing one I might add) and to be able to meet her children and to see their own little unique and beautiful personalities is such a special thing for me. Christin just gave birth to her second daughter...and the cuteness just continues!

Christin and I did a little trade last month where she did my hair and I got to take some pictures of sweet Cambry. I had such a great time, I wish I could take her pictures every week!! ;)

Here are some of my favorite of my time with her...

Not only is Christin a fantastic mama but she has become a domestic goddess as well. Hand painting murals on her daughters' walls, sewing big and little birds to put in Cambry's bedroom and making bows and barrettes is to name just a few of her talents. I'll have to post a picture of the bow she made for Journey to wear in my sister's wedding last month. It was so fun!!

You can catch a few of her creations in these pictures of Cambry's bedroom.

Isn't she so squeezable?
Love her.

love.love.love.

This was such a special session for me because I was photographing the love between a very treasured friend of mine and her partner for life!

Karyn has been a part of my life for a very long time now. She was my very first boss when I started my job at Starbucks in high school!

I know that for her, at times it has felt like a long and windy road to find the person she has decided to marry. So I felt very honored to try and capture that love with my camera.

John is a very good man...and I am so glad that they have found each other.

Here are just a few of the images that we got that morning. I love the setting and the ambiance of these pictures.

Congratulations you two!

renewed.

I had another really fabulous opportunity last month when my dear friend Stacy asked me to photograph her mother's 25th wedding anniversary party. The really special part about this event was that Stacy's mom and her husband were renewing their vows after 25 years of marriage.

It was such a treat to document such an accomplishment!
The party was held at a friend's house and it was so cozy.

(beautiful Stacy and her mom)

~little Gage partaking in the before dinner treats~


There were lots of different little accents to the evening that helped set a beautiful, intimate and celebratory setting.

The ceremony was to be held outside at dusk...and things got pushed back just a bit because of a storm that was rolling through at just that time. Luckily, the storm kept rolling through and although the sky was still a bit dark and cloudy...the rain had stopped and the ceremony could take place in the back yard. It was really lovely.

After the ceremony, everyone came inside for an amazing Italian dinner, a toast, and the cake cutting!

They even topped their cake with the same toppers that they used at their wedding 25 years ago. How cool is that? I loved it.

It was a truly beautiful evening with love evident and strong.

new life.

Last month I also had the wonderful opportunity to photograph this lovely family again. Only this time, Rachel was nearly ready to have her second child and wanted to have some shots of her amazingly beautiful belly.

There is something really inspiring about photographing a woman with a pregnant belly.

I totally enjoy this family and was so happy to get the chance to work with them again.

Upon delivery of their images, I also got to meet the newest member of their sweet family!!
What a treat!

diving in!

Hello there!

I am delving in to catch up mode in this little space because it has been quite some time since I have posted anything. Within that time, the pace with photography has been quite lovely and constant so I have much to share!

To start things off I am going to share some of the images from my very first wedding session! It was one month ago and the experience was absolutely perfect. The wedding was intimate and wonderful, the family incredibly kind...and to top it all off, it was up in Sedona. Needless to say, magic and beauty abounded.

There are so many images from this event that I wish to share. I ended up being really pleased with the outcome. And while I can't put the full spectrum of images up on this blog, I can share my most favorite. And so that is what I will attempt to do!
There was a lot to capture and it was fun to spend enough time there to record the various stages leading up to the ceremony. The ceremony was held outside near a gorgeous willow tree and after wards the small bridal party took off to find some red rocks for their photos before heading back to the dinner reception.

These aren't going to be in a sequenced order because my computer is acting finicky right now and I don't have the time or energy to deal with that kind of attitude! ;) hee hee.

It was a lot of work. But a lot more fun and I am so happy to have had this experience.
I will probably be sharing more throughout the next week or so, along with several more sessions that I have been needing to post!

See you soon!