The JOURNAL

God seems to place people in our lives for short periods, long periods, and sometimes for life… Melissa is one of those people that I know God placed in my life for the long haul and I am soo soo thankful that He did.  Melissa & I met 21 years ago… hard to believe it’s […]

If you frequent my blog you’ve probably noticed that things have been pretty quiet the last few weeks! It’s not that I haven’t been photographing people, it is that I have been doing that and life sort of got crazy for our family!!! A few weeks ago Gary accepted a job in South Carolina…. So […]

She is seriously the sweetest and has the most genuine laugh and smile and is so much fun to be around!!  Cooper I LOVED spending two evenings with you taking your senior photos!!!!!  We were originally supposed to do two sessions on back to back evenings but our Saturday sessions got rained out!!  Thankfully we […]

When Kate (Cooper’s mom), emailed me and said Cooper & I had a lot in common… and I saw red velvet cake I knew we were going to have fun!!!  I actually got to spend two evenings with Cooper taking her senior photos.  The photos that I’m posting today are from evening #1.  We met […]

A few weeks ago I was in Wilmington, NC… While I was there I got to spend a little time with a very good friend of mine.  I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with Jenn but I did get to spend a few hours with her and mr. stinker ;).  We had […]

God has sent some pretty amazing people into my life via photography… these 5 are some of those people!!  When Sharon contacted me I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get their family on the calendar due to being in NC for a full weekend and they needed family photos by a certain date… […]

Look who was back in front of my camera at the end of February!!!! I was soo sooo soo excited to take pictures of just Kelly & Beau (and baby # 3)!! I LOVE having E & O around but it’s been a while since I’ve hung out with these two so it was a […]

Nicole & Russell met me in downtown Richmond to take their engagement photos back in February.  These two were a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to capturing their big day in just a few short weeks!!  I LOVE the way these two look at each other & love one another!!!  Nicole & Russell, […]

I’m not going to go on and on about the woman because back in the fall of 2012 I wrote about her and how much I love her & how much her and her friendship means to me… and quite frankly it hasn’t changed… I still love her and am soo very honored and blessed […]