Wow.  Wow wow wow.  That’s pretty much all I’m left with today after this amazing weekend!  I know it’s easy to type online and say I love weddings, but if you’ve ever seen me at a one, then you know I really love weddings.  When I’m heading out the door at the end of the night, I’m just […]

The weather forecast is going back and forth, but in the spirit of being prepared, photographers all over the east coast are preparing for this weekend.  Here’s a practical checklist to make sure all your bases are covered.  Feel free to add any I missed in the comments!  These are not in order of importance […]

Podcasts.  I’ve listened to them for years, but never on my phone.  It never occurred to me that there might be an app for that… and that I might have put that app in a folder labeled Useless.  🙂 Side note: If you don’t have a folder on your phone labeled Useless, you’re missing out.  It’s […]

There’s this struggle between a creative and business owner.  When you let your creativity fly, the business side struggles, and when you’re on top of the business pieces, the creative side is trapped and pushed down.  For most creative-type small business owners, we’re handling the creativity and the business details, and it’s for the birds! But over […]

October 30th of last year, we got a call that one of our friends, Greg, had been struck by a Jeep going 45 mph.  He was in Florida at the time.  The outlook was very grim, and immediately our friends from church jumped into action.  Josh and our friend Michael stepped in to organize donations […]

Despite living here for 5 years now, we first visited Charlottesville last month.  What a cool place!  We ate our hearts out in the downtown mall and walked a few blocks to a bakery. Definitely a trip we’ll have to make more often!  We’d photographed and filmed an event there, but it was indoors, so […]

When talking about locations for their engagement session, Mary told me one of their favorite places to hang out was Cogan’s Pizza in Ghent.  I’d never been before, but the whole area is just awesome, so we went for it!  The team at Cogan’s was awesome and let us take some photos on the patio, then […]

As Nancy, the bride, was slipping on her wedding shoes and you could see and hear the rain beating against the window of her fourth floor hotel room.  It was a sight that would make most brides nervous, but Nancy just laughed it off and continued about her day.  Nothing could stop the joy in […]

One of the most popular commercial products we offer is a library of photos.  It’s a great way to get photos of your products, as well as for social media, website headlines, and head shots.  My goal going into this shoot was to give Jeanne (the owner of Cookie Text) a library of photos to […]

It’s time I admit it: Sometimes I don’t blog.  The truth is, I love blogging.  I’ve been blogging consistently since the summer after 8th grade.  I’ve even met wonderful friends through blogging– friends that I’ve never met in person, and a few I have. But I have two rules about blogging: 1) It doesn’t come before real […]