The setting was the cutest bookstore (BBGB Tales for Kids) in the Carytown area of Richmond, VA.  Derick is an illustrator and finishing up his degree and Lauren is in graduate school, so it made perfect sense to incorporate books into their session!  Derick even brought along one of his drawings that happened to be […]

This year was my first chance to attend WPPI.  I’ll write a separate blog post on my experience soon.  While there, several of my  friends and I got the itch to want to shoot in the desert.  We contacted a few couples but due to the hectic nature of everyone’s schedule during WPPI, we could […]

So, you’re engaged?!? Congratulations!!! Whether you knew about it or it was completely a surprise, this has to be an exciting time for both of you! Ok, so let’s just pretend the proposal was a surprise. After you’ve alerted everyone, shared your engagement story over and over, and alerted social media (we can’t forget social […]

I am so thankful for snow days because it has allowed me to get caught up on a few blog posts!  Yay!  So, with that, I wanted to write up a recap of the Blink Conference that took place this past November in Austin Texas. Blink is a boutique conference started three years ago by […]

On this last day of the year, I am choosing to reflect on all the ways God has blessed my business and boy am I amazed!  Thank you for participating in this journey with me as I would be nowhere without the continued support of every friend, family member, mentor, and client around me!! While […]

One of the early decisions that you will make when wedding planning is determining what to spend on wedding photography and which keepsakes you want as husband and wife.  So, I get it, we are living in the digital age, but I wanted to share a few reasons why you should consider investing in a […]

Have you seen the movie “Creed”?  If not, it’s one that I definitely recommend you catching soon!  So, I will start by telling you that if you haven’t seen the movie, I will do my best not to spoil it for you by discussing the ending but since I took home a few messages from […]

Hey friends!!! So first things first…the name of Monday’s post has changes from the Weekend Recap to the Dear Monday….why you ask…well, just because I wanted a different name for it and I often found myself sharing recent events that didn’tnecessarily  happen on the weekend. Simple as that! Now, time to share recent happenings around […]