There are people that you want to tell your whole life story to the first time you meet therm. People who make it so easy to open up and spill your guts. People who you can tell your hopes, dreams, fears and the inner workings of my brain to openly and without fear of ridicule…
First I’d like to give a huge shout out to Meg Simone and Kat Hanafin for an awesome day of skiing with wedding friends on Sunday up at Bretton Woods!!! It was so nice to spend some time with some of my good friends doing something totally unrelated to weddings The best part is Meg,…
Palm trees, white sand beaches, sunshine and drinks with brightly colored umbrellas. As nice as that all sounds that is not the honeymoon that Silas and I wanted to have. I love the beach, don’t get me wrong, but neither Silas or I are the kind of people who want to sit in the sun…
I really love the fact that my job allows me to make new friends. Not just other photographers and vendors but also my clients. My clients almost always become friends which I think is a really wonderful bonus to this job (not that there are not already a million reasons to love what I do-…
Diane Arbus put her love for photography into the perfect words: "Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies”. I say bring on the cookies and while I am stuffing my face with sugary goodness I am also striving to capture the emotion, moments and love that is happening right in front of my lens.
I am a wife (newly wed!!!), a doggy momma and 6 feet tall. I'm most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt but have found myself warming up to the new trend of leggings- almost as comfortable as yoga pants yet acceptable to be seen in public wearing. I love to travel and can't wait to get back to Scotland where my husband, Silas, and I spent our honeymoon. I love people and I love to talk. I hate to write, I'm a terrible speller (thank goodness for spell check). I am a wanna-be foodie and wineo.
I'm a pretty easy going person and I think that aspect of my personality really comes through in my style of photography. I'm not a photographer who poses you by coming up and moving your left arm here, your right arm like that, twist your head this way and that... I'm a little more hands off and a little more about you being you in front of the camera. When it comes down to it you are hiring me to capture YOU. Your life, your family, your wedding. The more I can do to make you comfortable and feel like yourself the better. You'll often hear me say things like "snuggle" to my couples or tell the kids to go kick a soccer ball in the yard for family photos.
I want to know you, we can grab a drink or have dinner at a local pub or just walk down the street to my favorite coffee shop but my goal is to get to know you just a little bit better so that when I'm capturing your life, be it your wedding day, engagement photos or family pictures that you are comfortable with me and I'm comfortable with you so that this camera in my hand isn't the main focus of the day. Capturing you and your life is.
So, hears to a joyous life full of love and beautiful art.