Jul 12, 2021 • Personal
In my world, people who can complete a 12 hour road trip in one day are my literal heroes. I don’t know how it’s done. My limit is about 4 hours/day. After that, I am a mess. “Whhhhhhyyyyyy is this road never-ending?” “How are we already out of beef jerky? Seriously, it’s not pretty. In […]
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“Well, that wasn’t nearly as painful as I thought it would be!” Husband to wife after finishing a session with me. “Mom, that was actually fun! I looked at the camera and it was OK!” 12 year old to his mom after finishing a session with me. “I love that lady!” A 4-year-old’s words to […]
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Jun 9, 2021 • Family
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May 28, 2021 • Schools
THEY’RE BAAAAACK! You asked (ok, some of you begged 😂) and I answered. (I also cleaned out my garage again to make it into a make-shift studio.) June Fine Art School Photos are now open for booking. THE WHY • 2021 has felt like a roller coaster, right? This is an opportunity to celebrate your […]
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2 questions that come up over and over again when consulting about photo prints is “how big should it be?” and “where should we put it?”. Both totally valid questions! To help answer them for you, I brought in an expert, Kierstin Smyth of Kierstin Smyth Design. Kierstin’s designs are very accessible and also totally […]
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Mar 29, 2021 • Guest Post
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Mar 8, 2021 • Uncategorized
I sometimes feel like a broken record, but let me go ahead and say it one more time. Photo sessions don’t have to be stressful. Photo sessions can be F-U-N. One way to make them not stressful and fun? To have an activity planned. Ok, before you freak out on me and say, “Kelly! I […]
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The year was 2012. I’d just escaped the house after my 7 month old daughter had gone to sleep for the night (laughable – she was probably asleep for 45 min as she never slept!). I drove to Wal-mart and decided it was time to buy a real camera. Real as in it wasn’t a […]
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Feb 23, 2021 • For Photographers
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Feb 16, 2021 • Baby
During a family or newborn photo session, we’ll talk about all sorts of things: your life your kids the last vacation you were on (side note: just close your eyes and imagine the beach you’ll be sipping a margarita on after this mess of 2 years) your jobs the beautiful decor in your house (I […]
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Looking back on a year like 2020, it can be easy to see all frustration and unwanted changes. But, when I went back through my archives last week, I realized quickly that there was so. much. good. There was families laughing together. There were brand new lives. There were puppies who were thankful to have […]
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Feb 1, 2021 • Uncategorized
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Jan 25, 2021 • iPhone
You made it! Week 3 of the ORGANIZE-YOUR-PHONE-PHOTOS CHALLENGE! Even if you haven’t completed every task, don’t worry. At least now, you have an idea of what needs to be done and whenever your photos start feeling overwhelming, you can start again and get everything sorted out. BUT, before I get to this week’s task…… […]
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Last week as part of the GET-YOUR-PHONE-PHOTOS-UNDER-CONTROL challenge, we deleted all of the junk. So! How’d you do? Did you get through all of your photos? Were you ruthless? Did you Marie Kondo it all and only keep what brought you joy? I deleted over 5,000 photos. 🎉 I hope you’re feeling lighter already. Now […]
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Jan 18, 2021 • iPhone
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