Category Archives: The Smilers

Documentation

It’s taken me a very long time to write this. In fact it’s taken me a really long time to write much of anything, and I feel sad for falling away from that the last couple years. But as I find my desk covered in post it notes of ideas and starters I’m well aware...

Documenting

I had so many thoughts as I was working through these photos. The first might be the color of them. When I first started working on them I thought… “Oh my gosh I need to color correct all of these. ” And then I rethought that.. Because this is smoke. This is what the world...

The First

So many years ago when I started taking photos of other people’s kids, I never expected to love it like I do. I never expected it to have the affect on me that it does. I went 10 months without working this past year. And I told myself over and over. It’s not the end...

It’s All Relative

I don’t often work when I travel.  But when one of your gorgeous cousins is graduating from high school this year….I wanted to be the one to take her photos. I don’t get to photograph my family all that often, and it was the greatest honor to get to do this for her. We wandered...

Growing Up

This past spring and summer I have had a weekly, if not a daily reminder of how long I’ve been doing what I’ve been doing. I have taken a minute here and there to reminisce about where I started and how I’ve not only  watched all these beautiful kids grow up but how I’ve grown...