This is a true story, but names and some details have been changed to protect the identity of the family.
As a professional photographer, I’m no stranger to capturing smiles and photographing exciting, happy times in peoples’ lives. Most of my clients want me to document joyous events – those moments you will remember forever. [...]
The other day, I went out into my yard after a session to relax… seeing as the weather has been great lately! Well, I didn’t quite get the break from photographing I expected… since I found a turtle who needed his portrait taken. Unfortunately, he wasn’t very cooperative! But, I guess I’ll [...]
Earlier this week I went to Atlanta for a committee meeting at the Professional Photographers of America headquarters. I got to meet and talk with some of the people who are supporting the photography industry during my two days there.
I wanted to share this painting I created from some photographs from my hotel room. [...]
Some exciting news to start off the week. My husband, Steven (Finn’s Insurance) just completed the CIC accreditation process for insurance agents!
Now you may not be too familiar with the designation “CIC” — Certified Insurance Counselor. The designation denotes an agent’s high standards of professional level of experience and competence. Steven has working [...]
Well, we are without power at the moment. My guess as to the cause would be the high winds and heavy gusts… anyways, the power went out sometime around 4:15 this morning. We normally don’t lose power unless there’s a bigger outage (very thankful about that… my parents’ house loses power about [...]
Today I was quite surprised to find a package left by the front door. Now, it being the holidays, of course I have some expected deliveries… but I didn’t remember ordering anything requiring a cooler container. Turned out to be a present from my aunt and uncle in Montana (thank you!!). Now, [...]
Well, Hanukkah started today, Christmas is in three days, and Kwanzaa is the day after that. So, Happy Holidays! Steven and I finally had the time to schedule our own family portrait for our holiday card (this year, it’s going to be a “New Year” card, as it will go out [...]
One of the benefits of it being winter is that you don’t have to get up super early to catch the sunrise. I got up this morning to find a very sparkly powder coating of snow on the ground — it was so cold that the snow basically crystallized as it fell.
To top that, [...]
Wow is it snowing! Looks like we might have a white Thanksgiving this year. Keep warm, and good luck to those of you getting ready to have your family over!
I thought this image was kind of interesting… indoors + outdoors, bookshelf + window; different perspectives on life and, of course, each book provides [...]
Yesterday I took a break from my normal routine and went to a party! It was a ladies-only evening with food, drink, and some fabulous clothing. I generally have a hard time finding clothing that fits (something to do with being short and having not-so-narrow shoulders). Happily, the clothes I tried on were comfortable, [...]
I am often asked by new acquaintances how I first became interested in photography as a profession. I’m sure that my story is similar to the stories of many other artists, but it is special to me. So, I’ve decided to finally share my photographic inspiration with you (in a nutshell, of course).
But before I [...]
Well, our landscape project has wrapped up nicely over the past week. Since things are basically finished, aside from watching grass grow, I thought it was time for one last image-laden post, to show everything that has been done this week.
They brought in a little more dirt, ironically, while we were putting up our [...]
Well, after all the excitement of getting dirt delivered to our yard…. I completely forgot to publish an update before the weekend started. So, here goes! Friday morning, we were happy to see that the sprinkler crew was out at our place… ready to install the sprinkler lines.
This piece of machinery is [...]
Well, I posted too soon (my yardwork post)! The first of the dump trucks arrived with our dirt just now. We’ll be getting three double truck loads today. Here’s proof:
To our neighbors – yes, the dirt should be out of the cul de sac by the end of the day! That’s [...]
I wanted to share this image of a praying mantis I found in our yard the other day. Cool looking guy, isn’t he? Anyways, today our yard will be undergoing a facelift (*knock on wood*) — the landscaping crew should be bringing in at least 80 yards of topsoil, plus 10 tons or [...]
