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What I just figured out after 10 years

Jul 31, 2020

I had a lightbulb moment.  I was chatting with a friend and shared how I answered a question on a job application a long, long time ago.  If I did not have any restrictions, what would I do with time? Quick pause while you ponder this question…. My answer? I said I would keep going to college. I would continue to take classes of interest to me and learn new things. Sounded pretty good, right? What clicked for me is how photography fits into my truth. Ten ...

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I put my foot down!

Jul 28, 2020

It was my senior picture day circa summer 1997. I had never been one to follow all the trends so I went in armed with my wardrobe and a few inspiration images. The session went well, but I put my foot down about one thing… Large foam numbers.  As trends come and go, large foam numbers of the graduating year were a popular prop in many studios. I was adamant, I did not want to use anything resembling large foam numbers. I know when I graduated and I don’t need a big ...

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Social Photo Collective

Jul 11, 2020

Sometime in 2019 an idea found me. Luckily, the idea hung around awhile waiting for me to take action. I started by sharing my thoughts with a few friends and looking to see if it was a new idea or an old idea under disguise. I started jotting notes and kept it in the back of my mind until 2020 came around. Knowing my 10 year business anniversary was coming up, I thought put my idea into a plan. With a lot of work behind the senses... The Social Photo Collective was born! The ...

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Five More Fly By

Jul 05, 2020

Years go by, routine settles in and the learning never stops.  During those first few years I was doing what my soul needed. Senior pictures were important for my clients, but why was it important for me to provide them? My shift in the last few years might be subtle to the outsider but significant on the inside of the business.  I have a family, home and another demanding job, so why do I spend my time photographing high school seniors? In 2018 I crafted a manifesto to ...

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The First Five

Jul 05, 2020

It was 2010 and I was coasting along in my career and feeling unsettled. It was an unsettled feeling I couldn’t shake. I had plenty to keep me busy with a family, house, job but I was not fulfilled. I needed another plan to use my creativity to move myself forward.  In college my learning was of black and white film and development. Since then, a little thing called digital happened and a DSLR was all new to me. So the learning curve was steep!    But when I ...

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What if- Class of 2021

Jul 05, 2020

Everything you were counting on happening is unclear now. Current times have shown the high school milestones you were expecting can become morphed into some virtual experience or disappear completely.  All of the sudden, there is an urgency to not take anything for granted after you watched your friends have so many important things taken from them.  When the class of 2021 steps onto campus next, you will want to breathe in everything about high school. Those moments ...

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Feeling Seventeen

Jun 06, 2020

Do you remember feeling seventeen? Moms, I am talking to you out there. Late nights laughing with your friends, playing that one song on repeat because it gets you everytime, and the butterflies when your crush glanced your way. Seventeen is about knowing change is flying at you so fast, one minute you go from burrowing under your pillow late on a Saturday morning wanting everything to stay the same to sitting behind the wheel of your car dreaming about the day you are on your ...

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Change is inevitable...

May 01, 2020

It is no secret I am an advocate for continuing education. No matter what industry you identify with as a profession, you must continue to learn in order to grow. Each year I set aside time and funds to continue my professional education as a photographer and business person. This summer I  headed north to Iowa (a state I had never been to) to learn from Marci and Christy. Marci and Christy, a mother- daughter duo, have a thriving senior studio outside of Indianapolis. I had been following ...

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Top 50 2019

May 01, 2020

Before 2020 got totally crazy, I was thrilled to make the national list to be one of the Top 50 Established Photographers for 2019. This honor comes from one of the leading sources of education for senior photographers, The Twelfth Year. Ten images were submitted and one was chosen to represent my business in their publication. Here are some of the images I submitted and the magazine page. 

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Top 50 Established Photographer 2018

Apr 26, 2020

The year ended with a wonderful surprise, I was selected as one of the Top 50 Established Photographers of the year by an organization I hold in very high esteem, The Twelfth Year.This was my first time entering The 12th Year's competition because this is the first year they offered a division for established photographers. I am thrilled to be part of their inaugural group. They defined established as 5 years or more and since I'm heading into 9, I definitely fit that category.  I ...

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