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July 15, 2017

I could cry as I type this… Maddie and I have known each other since high school. We became friends in one of those particularly tough seasons when the perfect person walks into your life at the perfect time. After high school, life happened and we lost touch. She went South; I went North. But, […]

The Hay family of 3 is about to become a family of 4, and little Audrey is going to be a big sister. I love getting to photograph maternity sessions with older siblings. It’s a sweet time for families to remember what it was like before their newest bundle of joy came into the world […]

One of the first things Josh and Courtney told me when we met was that they NEVER take photos of themselves. “Seriously!” They said, when I looked at them like they were crazy. “It’s not uncommon for us to come back from a vacation and have one MAYBE two photos of each other.” They proceeded […]

It’s always so special for me to photograph a wedding in Crystal River – my hometown, and even more so when the couple are two people I grew up with. It was so fun to see so many familiar faces and to catch up with people I haven’t seen in a long time. Work sure […]

Summer in Tallahassee has officially arrived. It’s hot. It’s humid, and it rains almost every day. Last week, I walked out my door to meet the Mica family for their morning family session, and it was raining.. just as it had every morning for a week. I was bummed. According to the weatherman, this was […]