holla, holga!
Three years ago I bought a Holga and four rolls of film, two b&w, two color. Two years ago I started on my first roll. I finished the last roll last month, and sent it off to a lab. I had...
View Articledefining success
“Success is not a profit margin, a vendor list, a venue, or even a six-figure income. It’s all about the couple and your art. Period. End-of-story.” — Jeff Youngren, photographer Jeff wrote this...
View ArticleThursday Q & A // doing it all
A friend posted on my Facebook wall a few days ago, asking about how I “… do it all.” I would love to know your secret, she said. Like, how you manage to keep up with all your photo editing and live...
View Article“What’s Next” tour // highlights
Little preface: My initial instinct, when sitting down to begin a blog post, is to look back at the past few months and see just how inconsistent I have been, despite all my attempts at regular...
View ArticleCatching Up Series // Texas Sunrise
I shot a wedding in Texas about six months ago. I had an early flight the morning after, and left just as the sun was coming over the horizon. It was the perfect morning— mist, and gentle curving...
View ArticleFeatured // IPS & Photography Training
“How did you get into photography?” This is, perhaps, the most oft-received question put to me during client meetings… or in the course of normal conversation with new friends. Well, the story goes...
View ArticleLighting Intensive by Justin & Mary
Last week I attended Justin & Mary‘s Lighting Intensive in Richmond. I feel that I have a fairly good handle on lighting, but wanted a good refresher course, and this? Well… it was much more than...
View ArticleReflections on 10 Years in the Photography Industry
Reflections on 10 Years in the Photography Industry Ten years ago today I became a photographer. You know, it’s really strange to write that. Especially after reading back through my journal entries...
View ArticleColor Theory: Chelsea Grey
Some of the biggest challenges that creative entrepreneurs face can be summed up in our name— CREATIVE says that we thrive on using our artistic capacities to create beautiful things for our clients,...
View ArticleRomantic Sunset Anniversary Session in the Rocky Mountains
Remember that anniversary trip that Buck and I took to Colorado a few years ago? While we were there, Candice and I swapped anniversary sessions. She did a gorgeous sunrise session for us, and we got...
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