2018 – Personal Year in Review. Two fully positive things from each month in 2018. This was a super hard year for me because we lost our 17 year old cat. She was more than a cat, she was a person in a furry suit, and losing her really wrecked me for a long time. […]

I got a call from Teagan’s TICU nurse at Scottish Rite in Atlanta. She wanted to help set up some photos for this little girl as a gift to the family. Teagan has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Her nerves and muscles don’t grow the way they should, and are slowly fading. This sadly means that she […]

Olivia’s mother writes “I’d like to nominate my daughter, Olivia. Liv is 10 and has aspergers but that isn’t why I’m nominating her. She was born with a hemi-vertebra in her neck. The left side of one of her cervical vertebra didn’t form. Instead it formed as a wedge shaped bone between two of her […]

How to build and paint a carousel horse for photos This is a two-part post: the first section details how to build a carousel horse for kids photos from a child’s bouncy horse, and the second section details building a full size carousel horse suitable for older kids and adults. Part 1: Smaller horse How […]

All of my sessions come with matted photos with matching digital images. These special boxes to contain them make a unique statement. Some people prefer these to an album. Gatefold Silk Folio Box In a grey silk fabric, they’re made with a beautiful split-lid design, fastened with a hidden magnetic catch. They have a narrow […]

It’s super hard to pick just 10, but for each photo, I’ll write a little about why I picked it and what I love about it. These photos are in no particular order! They are all labeled with the lens that I use, and all were taken with the Canon 5Dmk3 and the Sigma 135mm […]

I attended the Anna Triant dress designer shootout for photographers at The Poetry venue in Texas this summer and LOVED it! What gorgeous couture dresses, what amazing models, and what a great venue! The hair a makeup team did such a great job with these little girls, and I also loved seeing how these pro […]

2017 – Personal Year in Review. I did one of these two years ago and it was nice to look back on, but 2017 was such crap that I had trouble picking out 3 positive ones from every month I liked, so I eventually just did 1 per month. Jan – I printed and finally […]

Kaelin’s mommy writes “I would like to nominate my sweet girl, Kaelin for your Memorial Princess session. Before Kaelin was born, I had an overwhelming feeling that she would have special needs. I didn’t know what this would look like for her, since no tests showed signs of concern. I just felt my heart was […]

Kaelyn’s nominator wrote “My name Madonna and I would like to nominate my granddaughter, Kaelyn. Kaelyn was diagnosed with Choroid Plexus Carcinoma in August 2015 at the tender age of 4 months old. She underwent an 11-hour surgery to remove the golf ball size tumor. She was sent to St Jude hospital in early September […]