Having had both a psychology background and traumatic loss in my life has made me sensitive and compassionate towards human emotion and impressed upon me the deep importance of documenting life- real life, not the stylized versions of ourselves we put on social media. Every client I photograph tells me that they aren’t good in front of the camera, are awkward, hate how they look- the list goes on. The key, I’ve found, is to give them the space and security to be themselves and their inner beauty and light always shines through. I’m especially good at getting guys who are forced into a session by their significant other, mom, etc to open up and be themselves. One of the highest compliments I can receive is from a less than willing guy to say “wow, I wasn’t looking forward to getting photos done, but I actually had fun”, or from someone who is particularly hard on themselves to say that they loved the photos. I want every one of my clients no matter what kind of session or event they are hiring me for to walk away having a tangible, physical story of their meaningful life event and photos that show their real personality. The kind of photos that you pass along to grandkids and they say, “wow, I can see your personality in these photos and I feel like I was there.” That is what drives me to do photography.

When I’m not photographing weddings, risking my camera by photographing underwater or coaxing real smiles from camera shy people, you can find me at home with my husband- probably playing video games together with our three dogs, a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and tortoise and chickens. I’m a homebody with a wanderlusting itch and dreams of having a homestead, a huge garden and lots of rescue dogs. I’m already pretty much there on that last one!