a little peek into how I photograph crazy kids

Okay, so it wasn’t a real session–as you can probably guess, it was my family and I at the beach. But as my clients can verify, this is pretty much how my sessions go too! And the crazy is 100% real… I specialize in crazy kids.
I really didn’t mean for this video to even happen… I downloaded all the footage from my dad’s flip video camera and saw a bunch of me shooting, and I thought it would be really cool to combine watching the shot get taken with the resulting images. And, by the way, I found the perfect service to do that–animoto.com! Click that link to let them know I sent you, and get a special rate.


Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

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vacation | isle of palms, sc

It feels so great to go on vacation… but does it rival the feeling of being back home? Call me a homebody, but I love coming back home after a long trip.

We traveled to an island outside of Charleston, SC–an island I have visited every summer since I was born! It feels like home to me, and every year I love greeting once again the sand, the sun, the humidity, and all the beach wildlife on the island. It’s truly a magical place.

…and it’s so special to me to be able to share this island with my children. I love reliving the excitement of being a kid on the beach with my kids!

More later! Just wanted to pop in and update!

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magazine feature : st. jude dream home giveaway

I photographed the Chattanooga Dream Home for the At Home Tennessee coverage for St. Jude Children’s Hospital back in May, and it was such a great insight into the people and businesses behind the scenes donating their work, time, and products to such a worthy cause.

There are dream homes across the country–you can enter to win via this link : St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.

The Chattanooga Dream Home was built with the generous donations of so many, including Pratt & Associates, WRCB Channel 3, WUSY US-101, Trust Federal Credit Union, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Lowe’s, Walker’s Oak & More, Brizo, and JHP Contracting.

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you can call her “b” | memphis & germantown baby photography

Okay, or you can call her Brooklyn–her real name–but you can also call her cute-as-a-button!

She’s about the happiest baby I’ve ever seen, and the giggliest, chunkiest thing I’ve ever had the privilege of photographing. She’s also pretty good at blowing raspberries.Her session was full of tickling and noise-making and grinning–by both of us!

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just a little reminder… | tennessee magazine photographer

to pick up the May issue of At Home Tennessee for my DIY Photography article! I share some of my tips and tricks for improving your photography.

This past weekend was a whirlwind… I photographed the Chattanooga St. Jude Dream Home for the upcoming Dream Home Giveaway, and then hoofed it up to Knoxville for the UT School of Law cookout, and then made it on over to Memphis for a private family shoot. I should have found a location in northern Tennessee just so I could say I visited all four borders in three days!

I’ll share more about the Dream Home giveaway in a few days… it is a super special project to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital–a great combination of contributing to a very worthy cause and a chance to win a home among lots of other great prizes.

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