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January 19, 2018

I first met Shelby a couple of years ago while we were both working in the Governor’s Office. At the time, I didn’t realize that her sister was a photographer I had admired from afar for quite some time. When I put two and two together and got an email from Shelby asking about wedding […]

It is always such an honor when other photographers choose me to photograph their family. An honor, and maybe a bit nerve-wracking… 😉 These three are special. Tim and Kristin Joy welcomed their sweet daughter Maia Pearl (or Pearl for short) from China early last year. You can read more about their adoption process here – […]

As I was was working on my best of 2017 post, I realized I was a bit behind on blogging! Sweet Mollie was born on December 9th, and I had the privilege of photographing her at home with her family at just 6 days old! She was such a trooper. She has two older siblings […]

In college, I majored in English Literature. People often laugh when I tell them that fact – expecting me to have said I studied photography. After college, I even taught high school English for a semester before leaving for my role as Governor Scott’s photographer. While I dream of someday going back to school and […]

Two years ago I photographed the Waller family on the property of their future home. Since then, they’ve added a new member to the family and moved into to their brand new dream home! I was thrilled to get to hang out with them again on their 80 acres of beautiful property. These photos make […]