I am so excited to announce the release of my new book, A Celebration of Motherhood! It is on now available on Amazon. It is a wonderful book of inspiring stories about the mothers among us, illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs. It is the culmination of a year-long project that had me documenting some… Continue reading A Celebration of Motherhood is on Amazon!
Category: Black and White Photography
Create a Visual Legacy
In this age of digital everything, it is very rare for families to actually have printed photographs, let alone those of heirloom quality. We take photographs with our phones, and then our phones are lost or stop working and those images are lost. Maybe we take photographs with actual cameras and then fail to download… Continue reading Create a Visual Legacy
A Traveling Summer!
Summer is the perfect time to document your family! I will be at the beach for a few days in June, and the whole month of July! It is the perfect place for your children to relax and be themselves.. To really document them at this special time in their young lives… To see… Continue reading A Traveling Summer!
Give a toy, get a gift!
It is sometimes a good thing to procrastinate! Now you can get your holiday portrait session and help a child! We are hosting a holiday toy drive to benefit the Marine Corps Toys for Tots. Help to make a child’s holiday season a little brighter! Bring in a new, unwrapped toy between now and December… Continue reading Give a toy, get a gift!
North Central Parenting Group
Today was the first North Central Parenting Group Class and Meeting for the Fall of 2012. I had the privilege to attend, not as a parent, but as a sponsor. Fourteen years ago today (just about) I attended my first NCPG meeting and I will never forget it. My son, Nick (now 14.5 and a… Continue reading North Central Parenting Group
Sweet Days of Childhood…
Today was the first day of school for the last of the Phoenix, PV, Scottsdale schools to start. I think that all the kids are finally back to school in our area now. The first day of school is a right of passage and signals an end to the carefree, sleep late, swim in the… Continue reading Sweet Days of Childhood…
What is important?
This week is a little hard for me. Three years ago almost to this day I realized that my mom was going to die. Of course I had known for almost a year that she was really, really sick and was not going to get better. I had looked on the internet and everything I… Continue reading What is important?
Time to Schedule your Beach Session!
Don’t wait another year! I have heard so many people tell me they would LOVE to do a beach session but they need to lose a couple of pounds, or their family is so busy, or their kids are missing teeth, have braces, etc. There will always be reasons why not! But I will give… Continue reading Time to Schedule your Beach Session!
Sweet Boy, Happy First Birthday!
I had the honor of documenting this sweet little guy for his one year portrait. He is so cute in his glasses and was so intense for such a little one. Looking at these make me remember my own sweet boys when they were one and also realize that no matter the hardships you are… Continue reading Sweet Boy, Happy First Birthday!
A Special Bond
She came home from college for Spring Break and I got to observe and document their close relationship. He is only nine and misses his sister who is a freshman at Spelman. It made me remember the closeness I shared with my little brother and how sad and hard it was for us when I… Continue reading A Special Bond