I could teach for months with tips and tricks for taking better photos of your kids, but when it all boils down – there’s one thing that will always make or break images of people. FOCUS Miss focus and your image will always feel off. Whenever you take a picture of a person, the focus […]

Katie is my seventeenth cousin twice removed…or something like that. 🙂 I’m exaggerating a bit because I have no idea how to count the generations and marriages that separate us on a family tree, but we’re cousins in the way that most people in a small town are. I’ve watched her grow up on ball […]

Will & Morgan are that small town ideal of a couple we’ve all heard a country song about.  They’ve been together since middle school and are best friends. When you’re near them, you can just feel the unending understanding and deep connection they share.  Watching these two exchange vows at Mount Ida Farm and Vineyard […]

Massanutten Resort is located in McGaheysville, Virginia and is a popular spot year round.  It truly is a four season beauty! I spent my high school years working at the Le Club Recreation center and know the mountain like the back of my hand.  Over the past few years I’ve had a couple vacationing families […]

Summer in the Shenandoah Valley has looked sort of like this: rain, hint of sunshine peeking through the clouds, oh – no – just kidding, rain, a little more rain, hurricane, and a little more rain.  You’d never know by looking at this cheerful couple, but it poured the majority of Dominic and Katherine’s June […]

It started sprinkling rain moments before Michael and Rachel were pronounced husband and wife at their Brix and Columns Vineyards wedding in late May.  The skies opened up just as they made it back into the estate house, and I’m pretty sure it hasn’t stopped raining since.  Just kidding. Kinda. Haha! On a more serious […]

Will & Morgan enjoyed the driveway lined with cherry blossom trees at Red August Farm in early April.  I couldn’t be more obsessed with the results!  The weather in and around Waynesboro, VA was NUTS in late winter/early spring, so we had to delay our session a couple weeks while we awaited the blooms.  We […]

I first met Michael & Rachel for for a yummy meal at Clementine a few months ago.  It’s one of my go-to favorite restaurants downtown Harrisonburg, so I knew it would be a great place to meet and chat about their wedding plans. Three things told me we’d be the perfect fit.  First, these two are […]

Today I found myself deep cleaning the space that was the home of our dog, Poly, in preparation for our Christmas tree.  (read more about that here) I scrubbed on hands and knees the dog hair and grime from the grout lines between the stick-on floor tiles we applied in haste upon our purchase of […]

Our dog, Poly, passed away in a terrible accident three weeks ago.  I was at fault, making it even more traumatic.  It was awful, as those of you who have lost fur babies know, and I could go on and on about it, but that isn’t what this post is about – it is only […]