Who am I?

  A quirky, small-town girl who ardently loves my husband, kids and Jesus; eccentric, creative, flexible and spunky.  Oh yah, and I like to take pictures!  That kind of sums it up.  

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How did I get here?

  I vividly remember putting the quarter in the gumball machine, crossing my fingers and saying a little prayer that I would get the awesome 110 film camera on the front of the machine and not one of the plastic rings.  I really thought it was a gift from God when that camera fell into my hands.  I immediately started spending a small fortune on film and developing (or at least an 8 year-old's fortune) and soon won my first photography award: a blue ribbon in 4H.  The events that ensued included getting a new camera and taking pictures of absolutely everyone who was willing, borrowing a friend's professional camera, until I eventually HAD to have my own SLR.  The rest is history.

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What's my style?

  I am extremely relaxed.  I come to all my sessions with a loose structure and some ideas.  Then, I move as my creativity strikes me.  My goal is to make each session comfortable and fun.  {I get 10 times better pictures from subjects that are relaxed, laughing and enjoying each other, than from those who are worried about perfect pictures}.  Parents tell me all the time their kids used to hate getting pictures done in a studio, now they ask when we are meeting again to shoot more.  

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If not a photographer, who would I be?

  If I weren't a photographer. . . I would either be a restaurant owner or an inventor {maybe both because I have an extremely difficult time following a recipe}.  However, my biggest dream has always been to be a secret agent. 

 

​Random things you may {or may not} want to know:

- I adore witty banter

-The outdoors are my true home {but I LOVE my bed}

-I love adventure 

-Everything is worth trying once

-Anyone who can make me belly laugh is my friend

-Everything can be improved

-Chocoholic {that's my middle name}

-My Chacos are dear to my heart {even more to my feet}

-My husband and I met half way across the world and didn't know we were attending the same school

-Of all the kids in the universe, I don't know how I got the 2 best, but I did!