. Sometimes my job seems too easy.  Don’t get me wrong– I would never describe running your own business as a cake-walk, but sometimes my clients are just so full of life and joy that it doesn’t feel like a job at all.  That was this case with the B family.  They showed up with […]

.   I always get chills when I photograph military homecomings.  It doesn’t matter how many I shoot, who my clients are, how long the deployment has been– these homecomings are sobering and real.  It’s so difficult to explain the mood and atmosphere to someone who has never experienced one, but I always try my […]

  . . The pretty face you see here might look familiar– this is my gorgeous baby sister-in-law.  She and my brother are expecting their first child next month and of course I insisted on being their photographer.  Sorry, guys, it comes with the territory 🙂  Needless to say I can’t wait to get my […]

.   When I think of romance, I think of southern love and characters from novels like Gone with the Wind, Cold Mountain and The Notebook. I picture men and women who love completely and kiss hard.  I picture couples who hold hands when no one is looking and steal kisses while the other sleeps.  There was just something […]

   . I could see the anticipation in her eyes, the tension in her hands, a pout on her lips like they were excited and yet so nervous for that second first kiss.  Seven months had passed and in mere moments her Marine would be close enough to smell, close enough to touch.  Close enough to place his […]