I have been bogged down like I never expected with school- I’m sorry to those of you who have had to wait for pictures! Thanks for bearing with me while I catch up.

Sasha and Eddy’s wedding was beautiful and I was so happy I got to be a part of it! Hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Oh- huge thanks to my sister and second shooter Paige! A lot of these shots are hers.

Wow- I’ve been gone for a while it seems! School has certainly gotten the best of me. I don’t have time for a long post right now because I’m actually working on a project for class right now, but I just wanted to share one from the wedding I’m working on right now. More to come later!

I am very very very behind. My life has gotten pretty busy since moving to Springfield- I’m sorry for those of you that have had to wait!

I shot these this summer for Hannah William’s Etsy store. Go check out all of these dresses there!

We braved extreme heat and the early morning for this session. I’m glad we did.

As soon as my film gets back from the lab I’ll have more of these guys. If you want to see more now, head over to Whitney Hayward’s blog – we did this session together.

Sometimes everything falls into place by itself and all I have to do is click.
more of these to come soon.

I shot a roll of film with Whitney Hayward a couple of days ago. This frame makes me wonder why I don’t shoot with film more often.

More of Hannah and her friends to come. Keep an eye out for them in the next week or so.

Some of you might have noticed I haven’t written in a while. Most of you probably haven’t. For once, I actually have a good reason for neglecting to write.

Over the past year, I think I have lost part of the something that makes me love photography, that makes me crave to go out and shoot, that makes me strive to always be better. It’s been partially replaced by the idea that photography is a job, that I only do it when I’m getting paid, that I’m always doing this for someone else- when in fact it’s completely the opposite. Yes, I always want to do the best job I can for every client, but I also need to be doing the best job I can for myself. I think I lost sight of that for a while.

This summer, I’ve been taking some time to reevaluate my life. It has always been easy for me to latch onto something comfortable and get stuck there. I stop challenging myself and I just stay the same. A few months ago, my boyfriend of two years and I broke up and all of the sudden, that comfortable feeling I had with my life was stripped away. Instead of immediately becoming independent and seeing this life change as an opportunity to become a stronger person, I took a little while to wallow in self pity. Okay, I took a long while. But I have slowly started to realize that this is my chance to really become a better version of myself.

For the past month or so, I have immersed myself in new things. I have spent time with friends I haven’t hung out with in years. I’ve met new people, and I’ve gone places I’ve never gone before. I took a long road trip by myself, when before I didn’t even feel comfortable driving to the next town over alone.

I have been happy, confident, and LOVING life. 

And now it’s time for me to get back to work and start taking pictures of you all again.

But before I go, here’s a picture taken on my point and shoot of me and two of my best friends square dancing. Yep, I said square dancing. Told you I’ve been up to some weird things!