An Open Letter to You
I started my career at the ripe old age of fourteen. During my high school years, I began photographing peers and working within the young adult community, which is where my enthusiasm for photographing high school seniors, couples, and weddings flourished. I offer high end photography services, made up of vibrant, lively, and crisp images. I believe in tailoring each individual image to perfection to ensure my clients will fall in love with them as much as I do.
For me, photography isn’t just a job. It truly is what brings me inner happiness and a sense of purpose. Photographs have always meant so much to me because growing up, my family and I moved constantly. Due to the continuous downsizing/relocating, I never was able to keep sentimental items/souvenirs.
But...we did keep photographs.
Yes, TONS of them, in an oversized plastic bin, all tossed together at random. And I cherished those photographs; they were the only memories I had of anything. I could hold them, see them, think about them. As a kid, I would sit on the cold basement floor and shuffle through them for hours every week, overwhelmed with fuzzy feelings. Today, nothing pleases me more than being able to produce those types of emotions and lasting memories for others. It is a priceless gift.
I welcome clients from all over the world to engage in my creative services. I have traveled from coast to coast of the United States and to over 40 different countries. Traveling is my third passion (following closely behind photography, and being the best cat mom to Evie). With 14 years of experience, over 600 weddings photographed, and features in multiple wedding magazines, I am ready for the opportunity to capture your next special moment.
Passions
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Photographer
Photography has never ceased to teach me, inspire me, and challenge me. I feel like looking through my lens has and forced me to see the world in a whole new light and to recognize the beauty in and around us all that I was completely blind to before.
Wherever I go, you can bet my camera will be attached to me like another limb; hiking in a forest, swimming through a river, or wandering around an iconic city.
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Traveler
I believe traveling the world shouldn't be a luxury, it should be a right. I've backpacked all over, with my camera in hand, couch surfing for free, just to be enlightened by other cultures, enhanced by strangers, and to indulge in exotic and delicious foods. I love to seek adventure and am never underwhelmed with what I discover. There is so much out there to be enjoyed and captured!
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Cat Mom
Meet Evie, my pride and joy. I have a lot of friends, but she may be my best! I'm convinced in another life she was a dog; considering how friendly, loyal, playful, and talkative she is.
Not only is she my most photogenic subject, but she is also my head editing supervisor during long weekdays at my in home office. She knows how to keep me on track!