Some Words of Gratitude

Some Words of Gratitude

So many days I sit at my desk alone. I feel that I’m in this crazy journey of my business by myself. It’s so easy to get lost in the emails, invoices, accounting, editing, marketing, etc. There are times that I’m so busy with everything else, it feels that photography is such a minuscule part of what I do. The truth is, it is.

It’s the days that I get to get on the phone with a woman who is facing divorce head on and is deciding, in some of the darkest days of her life, that she wants to stand in front of my camera. She wants to open her wounds, show me her new scars, and trust me to tell her story.

It’s the days that a mom emails me, telling me that she is finally pregnant after trying for many years. That she wants me to photograph this growing child that lives so deep inside of her soul, before they’ve even met.

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Why Travel is So Important and Why I Usually Don't Bring My Camera

Why Travel is So Important and Why I Usually Don't Bring My Camera

“would you still want to travel to that country if you could not take a camera with you. –a question of appropriation” 
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

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Celebrating Your Body

Celebrating Your Body

This is a woman that I have photographed a couple of times. I have photographed her wedding and a few other sessions. When she wrote to me about it finally being the time to do a boudoir session (we had been playing with the idea for years), I had to know why NOW? What was it that finally gave her that push to get outside of herself and be vulnerable. What I wasn’t expecting was how much her answer would resonate with me. I truly believe she speaks for so many women…

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Why a Maternity Session is Important With Each Child

Why a Maternity Session is Important With Each Child

This session was going to be different than the one Krysten did when she was pregnant with her first (Vada, seen pictured). Andrew, her husband, wasn’t going to be able to take part in these. While she really wanted him there, I love that it gave us the opportunity to focus on her. We made plans for Vada to be in some of the photographs, but I told Krysten that I really wanted most of the session to be about her and the new baby. Here is my reasoning:

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New Orleans Boudoir Photography

New Orleans Boudoir Photography

When the top wedding planner in New Orleans contacts you and asks you to photograph her for a boudoir session, you feel pretty honored. Valerie works with such incredibly talented photographers from all over the world. It’s been my dream to photograph a wedding alongside her, but I’m pretty sure photographing her will do for now.

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