4 years ago today, Ben and I were in my hometown of Calistoga, California (population 5,000 for those of you who may have been wondering). We decided to visit my parents for the long weekend and I was so excited to show Ben some of my favorite places where I grew up. After Ben secretly […]

Megan-Drew is a friend-of-a-friend turned into my own friend. You know those wonderful people who pop into your lives and give you the confidence to go for your dreams? That’s her. My friend had posted a long time ago on her Facebook page about my budding business and it took all of 20 minutes for […]

Last week I took a day trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Crazy, right? I spent 12 hours in the car for four hours of shooting! Was it worth it? Uh, YES. I was able to shoot with some amazingly talented photographers and capture the work of some of the best vendors in Charleston! Not to […]

Dan and Ashley were married in a romantic bayside ceremony at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis, Maryland. Their day was so beautiful and getting to know them was an honor. They were so excited to be getting married. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen two people radiate so much joy! Dan and Ashley met when […]

The funny thing about love is that it can’t be bounded by…anything. You find a spark of it, continue to create it, and it will thrive no matter where in the world you are. Fany and Jared met in Marseilles, France. Jared is American – he was completing an internship through BYU – and saw […]

One of my favorite indoor locations for family portraits is the Moss Arts Center on Virginia Tech campus. The windows are amazing and everything is so bright and white. For a bright and airy photographer, it’s a total dream to shoot there! I was so thrilled to capture the sweet Barnes family a few weeks […]

I think I’ve discovered the best way to blog. I need chocolate milk in one hand and a British murder mystery playing in the background. It’s an old college trick that I used a lot to get my creative juices flowing back in the day. 🙂 But back to the real reason we’re here. Photographing […]

Once upon a time, before I was ever a portrait photographer, when I was just a sophomore in college, I started a blog. It was cute and mostly it was just cathartic, but I really loved it. Somewhere along the way I just kind of…stopped. I never stopped writing, but the posting grew less and […]

I love capturing newborns and their families. There is something so sacred about being a newborn photographer and entering a family’s home and peeking into their lives after they have brought a new little soul into the world. Despite the craziness of having a newborn, there is peace and love and all kinds of beauty […]

Peter and Melece are one of those couples that just belong. After five years of marriage – and even more of best friendship! – they know each other. Capturing their love for their fifth anniversary was so fun for me, and I loved including their pup, Baymax. Peter and Melly met when their freshman year […]