Any fellow, type A control freaks out there? If so, God bless you. It's an everyday battle trying let go of the uncontrollable, and I feel that pain much too deeply. When I'm preparing for a shoot, it's a tough reminder that I have no control over the weather, traffic, my clients' mood (especially the littlest ones), if my favorite lens decides to just stop focusing for no reason, or what kind of critters may decide to crash the session. All of these things can contribute to

Earlier in the year, I shot a Mommy and Me Mini session for Little Miss Maggie Lou and Peggy. Back then, Maggie gave me a run for my money, but every sweet little smile was worth all the work. So when Peggy contacted me to do another shoot but with Maggie and her four step brothers and sisters, I was really honored to have her trust me again to capture some great shots. But in all honestly...I was a tad nervous at the idea of wrangling 5 kids together. Luckily for me, my worr

A couple of weeks ago, I put out a model call for a couple's session. I had a very specific vision for this shoot, and I knew that it would take someone who wanted more than just "free pictures" to make it happen. A lot of people might be really confused by the concept of a model call...isn't that just working for free? Some people may look at it that way, but I see it as an opportunity to have complete creative control over a session, test out new locations, and honestly, ju

Dining room turned newborn studio...I finally got really tired of moving all of the dining room furniture out, moving all of the newborn equipment in, unpacking, setting up, and leaving it in a mess for at least a day after the shoot because the task of re-organizing just didn't seem very fun. I was reluctant to bring up the idea to Ryan of permanently converting it, but he was surprisingly all for it. He thought the formal dining room was such a waste of space since we never