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What an honor to photograph this sweet little lady’s arrival into the world. Happy Birth Day, Clara Jean!!

May 2

• Love/Engagement

Engagement Story: Jessica and Wesley

I get asked all the time what my favorite type of shoot is. I hate to play favorites, but my goodness I do love an engagement shoot! I love that there is a photo shoot that is there just to celebrate the newness of love between two people. It’s a beautiful thing. Jessica and Wesley are the kind of people that you feel like you know instantly. Jessica greeted me with big hugs and a sweet present. These two laughed and joked around their entire shoot… but showed each other so much sweet love all the while.

This happened… the couple that hunts together, stays together!

May 1

• Boudoir

Boudoir Story: Boudoir Workshop, Part 1 of 3

I am so thrilled to get to share a series of boudoir posts with you. I am always shooting boudoir but it is very rare that I get to share it with the world. If you keep up with us on Facebook or Twitter then you might have seen that I went to Canada a few weeks ago to attend a boudoir workshop. I felt like I as in the season of my boudoir shooting that I was ready to take things to the next level. We have some exciting opportunities coming up this year with boudoir so I wanted to make sure I was refreshed and ready to step it up. I wanted to learn from another photographer who had successfully moved in the direction business-wise that I wanted to head in. I had been following the stunning, edgy work of Last Forty Percent Photography Boudoir for awhile and when I saw they were offering a workshop, I knew I had to go. There was one full day of “classroom” learning where Brianna and Ewan shared everything about their business model, from top to bottom. The second day was filled with shooting three different sessions. We got to hear and see Ewan in action in their very own studio space. Ewan and Brianna graciously shared of themselves and their business and I am so thankful to have learned so much from this workshop. I was thrilled to come home with new tools to integrate into my style of boudoir photography.

Apr 29

• Love/Engagement

Engagement Story: Abby and Alan

A year ago I met Abby, along with her sweet family, for a family shoot. Her sister Leah had contacted me and wanted to do a shoot before either her or her sister got engaged and “expanded” the family. Well here we are, present day, and Abby is engaged!! Abby and Alan reminded me that one of the key ingredients to a successful engagement shoot is laughter. They were laughing from start to finish and the joy they find in each other just oozes out of these images!

See? Silly times.

Half way through the shoot, I had instructions from Abby’s sister Leah to give her a card… that said that Leah was surprising them by paying for the shoot! Abby and Alan were surprised for sure: