Something that has been stirring in me for quite sometime is to do a new style of family portraits. I want to create a fun piece of art that will truly depict a family’s personality. I chose the O’Brien family as my first subject for this project. We met them the very first night we […]
Zombie attack at Tybee Pier
One of the reasons we hit the reset button on life was to get back to what matters most. We found Tybee Island, and one of the best things about it is the simplicity of life here. Wanting our kids to choose to be creators rather than consumers, we really try to guide them into […]
I did not want to get out of bed.
Life was a struggle for me only two years ago. We had just gotten through the worst winter of our life. And I had thought the two before it were the worst. Swearing I would never stay in Virginia during the winter again, I found myself doing just that. Deciding to leave behind the house […]
Pursuing Your Dreams.
What do you love to do? How many hours a week do you spend doing it? I have been living my dream job as a professional portrait photographer for 8 years now. My dad bought me my first camera when I was fourteen, who’d ever thought it would lead me to my photography career years […]
Looking for DIY studio set ideas?
There are times when I have so many ideas floating in my head of things I want to do, that I just can’t pick one and do it. Like writing for my blog for instance. I could call it writers block, but it isn’t really. I just have to stop, pick something and start writing. […]
Marriage – Sometimes its Work.
Two summers ago we were sipping iced drinks from a quaint rooftop bar in historic Savannah. Humidity dripped down the glass when I lifted it to my lips. Getting to know new friends in the city we were moving to was exciting. No kids in the picture yet, they were happily enjoying their early married […]
Walking around the world in Flip Flops.
After breakfast, Sean and I headed to our second white water rafting excursion that week. Driving several miles down the main coastal highway, a dirt road covered in boulders, we came upon a young girl in her early twenties, carrying a backpack that was almost taller than herself. Her flip flops were a monotone beige from […]
The Family Business
My passion for business began when I was a little girl before I ever even picked up a camera. My brother, Trip and I used to spend hours planning a little store we were going to open called “Odds and Ends”. He drew up plans for it on blue-lined notebook paper. It was going to […]
Embracing Communication
How do you teach yourself something new? I struggle with putting myself on the other side of the camera. Not for stills as much but for video. What am I so afraid of? I guess it’s not other people seeing me, but seeing myself as others see me. Am I THAT afraid of who I […]
Early Morning Prayers
After a restless 3 hours of sleep, I couldn’t continue to lay there. Well actually I did, but I did not try to get back to sleep. I have had a kink in my neck for 3 days now, that just won’t seem to go away. I can do things that will help temporarily, but […]