THE BLOG

You decide you want photos to remember this season of life. Preparing to graduate.Proposing to your best friend.Planning your wedding.Celebrating years of building a life together. It feels exciting at first. Something worth preserving. Then the questions start. “I’m not a model.”“What am I supposed to wear?”“What do people even do during a photo session?”“What […]

Every year when the kids pile out of the van, the first thing they ask me is if I remember them. The excitement in their eyes is immediate and contagious. Kids like these are impossible to forget. Though sometimes I like to ask them if they remember me too. This family has been with me […]

People often tell me they want their photos to look natural. What they usually mean has very little to do with lighting, location, or outfits. What they mean is that they do not want to feel awkward. There is a common belief that natural means unplanned.“I don’t want to be posed. I just want to […]

When I talk with people and the topic of photography comes up, the first thing I often hear is some version of, “That’s so great. I would love to do a session, but I’m just not photogenic.” The truth is, you do not have to be photogenic to love your photos. I understand the hesitation […]

A wedding day brings together many moving parts. The people, the planning, the atmosphere, and the thoughtful choices that bring it all together. The food will be enjoyed.The flowers will be admired.The music will carry you through the night. Long after the day has passed, how it felt is what lingers. Photography preserves those moments […]

Once your photos are organized, the next step is making sure they are protected. Images live on fragile things. Phones break. Computers fail. Hard drives stop working. Backing up and protecting your photos matters. Creating Redundancy If your phone stopped working today, would you still have access to your photos? Cloud services like Dropbox, Google […]

Senior year has a way of speeding up. Whether you’re finishing high school or wrapping up your college years, this season is full. Classes, commitments, celebrations, goodbyes, and big next steps all begin stacking on top of one another. It’s exciting, meaningful, and often a little overwhelming all at once. One thing I hear often […]

If you have been around here for a while, you might remember Devery’s session out at Saltair. It was such a fun experience that we decided to do it again, and I’m so glad we did. Portrait sessions are something I love, and photographing a friend I have known for years is a bonus. We […]

I don’t think waking up before the sun rises on a Saturday was what any of them had in mind. Or the freezing temperatures that come with an early November morning. But when Lindsey, Dan, and their five boys showed up, you couldn’t tell. Wrapped in blankets between sets, every smile came easily when the […]

I always love getting to know my clients a little bet before their session. Something that stood out to me in our conversations was that this was going to be their first family session in many years. For all the reasons we find to put off updating photos, she recognized that her boys were growing […]