A New Look, Renewed Perspective

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for stopping by! I am so excited to finally have a site that, I think, reflects me perfectly. It has been a long time comming. Too long perhaps. The last year has really done a number on me. But as I emerge from the chaos, I’m bringing a renewed perspective and passion to my business and photography. Another photographer whom I greatly admire once asked me what my why was. Pondering that has changed the way that I shoot.

So what is my why? Why do I do this? I was six months pregnant with our oldest son when I found out that my husband was being deployed to Afghanistan. To say I took it well and that I laid all my burdens on the Lord would be a gross understatement. I cried. I cried a lot. I panicked. I begged God for it not to be true. I was devastated. My husband was supposed to be done with his inactive duty in just three months, but now he was being activated and sent to a war zone. A week or so later, I realized that there was nothing I could do and that if God wanted him to go, he would go.

After the baby was born, I arranged for newborn pictures and family photos to be taken. We moved a few short months later so I could be with my family and I had family photos taken again right before he left. It became my goal to document our lives as much as possible so Isaac could experience us through photos. If he couldn’t be there with us, I wanted to make him feel like he was. I wanted him to see how Noah was growing, how big his hands were getting, what his hair looked like after nap, and all his toothy grins. I wasn’t sure he was coming home to us so I wanted to bottle up and preserve every drop of happiness in case the day came when my happiness was gone. God was gracious enough to send my husband back home to me and there aren’t enough words to even possibly come close to expressing my gratitude.

In learning all the technical ins and outs of photography, I some how lost my way. I lost my why. It wasn’t until Jenny asked me to find it that my why began to bubble up inside again. I’m now at the point where I’m ready to go after it full till. So I’m starting over. MY photography is about the moment, the emotional connection, and the details. And that’s what you’ll be seeing from me from now on.