I always arrive an hour early prior to a session to scope out locations, and sometimes I find some beautiful things during the process that I like to photograph just for myself. Here’s a beautiful bloom I found yesterday on the Missouri State campus prior to Sam’s senior session. I think it’s lovely. Happy Spring!...
I was so excited when my former Make-A-Wish coworker, Vikki, contacted me about doing photos for her son, who is a senior at Springfield Catholic High School here in Springfield. I first met him about 7 years ago, and wow how time flies! Sam is an extremely humble and talented guy. Not only is he...
Personal photography projects are important to me. I can read, and learn, and watch videos on the art of photography for the rest of my lifetime, but if I don’t allow myself to put that knowledge to use, with a model in front of my camera, what good is it? How will I ever grow...
Sometimes I get the urge to look through past sessions, pick some images that may not have made the final cut, and then edit away. It’s cathartic for me. This photo was taken a few years ago of a really sweet senior, Kristina. I love photographing seniors! {Contact me if you are looking into scheduling...
Just for fun, I thought I would throw together some fun Before & Afters. The “Before” shots are straight-out-of-camera (SOOC), and the “Afters” are the final, edited versions, with some minor tweaks in Lightroom. It’s important to get as much done right in-camera, so that there is much less to do in post-processing, which means...
Happy New Year, fans! I love starting out a new year with a clean slate. Isn’t it neat to see what all you’ve been able to accomplish when you take the time to look back? Here is a time warp back to my first paid photo session in July 2008, compared to a photo from...
Wow! 2011 went by so fast! God has blessed me with some amazing clients to work with this past year, and I’m looking forward to what is in store for 2012! Here are 10 of my favorite images from this past year; images that when I saw them on my computer screen for the first...
2011 CLIENTS: I wanted to take time to thank my clients from 2011 for making it such an enjoyable year of photography for me! THANK YOU! As a special thank you to one lucky client, who has been faithful enough to follow my work via my blog and Facebook pages, I am going to give...
Monday night I went with my friend, Jennifer, to see David Cook perform at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield, MO. We had such a great time! We sat back a little farther than we thought we were going to, but we were sitting dead center, and the audience and the great lighting made for some...
I’ve been such a creative mindset lately that I just want to create and create and create more images. So when I have no model in front of my camera, I have to settle on self-portraits. This is what downtime in a Branson condo looks like: {4 flash photos} ...
