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.For those of you in New England I hope you all faired as well as we did during Nemo! For those of you who are not in New England you may be wondering how a little clown fish decided to reek havoc on us! Nemo was quite the winter storm and although he didn’t dump…
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Cats vs. Dogs: I grew up with cats and now I have a dog. I was one of those kids who begged their parents for a dog year in and year out through most of my childhood. Don’t get me wrong I loved my cats but I still wanted a dog. My parents excuse was…
I’ve was never really one for inspiration boards. I always loved the idea but when it came down to actually taking the time to cut things out of magazines and paste them all together I just never made it happen. I’ve made a few over the years by pulling images from websites and playing in…
So it seems to be a theme recently- all my friends are getting dogs. A few weeks ago my best friend got a dog and two weeks ago one of my other very good friends got a puppy. Bruin is a Schnoodle. (schnauzer poodle mix) and he is the sweetest thing on the planet. Shannon…
I’m loving these simple little tins I found for my DVD’s. They are clean and basic but with a sweet little vintage ribbon and personalize name tag they feel so much less sterile and way more soft and classy. I think everything is better with a personalized touch and come on- who doesn’t love some…
