Fun fact: Lisa and I share the same birthday! We always have so much fun shooting on or around our birthdays, and I love seeing her and her family! This year she brought along someone special 😉 can you guess who? We traipsed on foot through the campus of UW, my alma matter (which I also […]

Now that the holidays are over, I can finally share some of the fun gifts that we gave over the holidays!! This post is about the grandkids– which include our kids and their cousins on both sides, and the smiles these photos brought to Grammy and Grandma’s faces when they opened them up! I was […]

   Every year I have the joy of shooting my sister’s Christmas cards! I’ve been practicing a lot with my wireless flash triggers and white umbrellas indoors, so I thought it would be fun to use them for her shoot. Not to mention that, anytime you plan anything after 4:30 in this part of the […]

One thing that I love about being a mom in the community is getting to see so many kids grow up! Of course there is the joy in watching your own children, but it seems to be more apparent with other kids because you don’t see them everyday. This is a family we met in […]

I love photographing this family! The kids had grown quite a bit within the year, and middle school can be such a fun age because they enjoy taking photos and are becoming more in tune with what poses they like. Tracie wanted fall leaves surrounding her family portrait that would hang above her mantle, so I […]