Have you ever been shoved into the middle of an uncomfortable situation with a few people you didn't really know? All you wanted was to dash out of there and retreat to your happy place with sweatpants DVR tapings of the Walking Dead. However, in my time taking portraits of families and children, I have picked up a few tips and tricks to making photo day go as seamlessly as possible, even making it (dare I say?) FUN.
Read MoreAnd then theres the bride and groom. Josh was the perfect gentleman and oozed an effortless calm that almost made it seem like he had been here before, and was already well at home with their union. Lauryn was a bundle of only slightly nervous love energy. When she read his letter to her, there wasn't a single doubt in the room that either of them had made the right choice.
Read MoreWhen I first started becoming interested in photography (which was many years ago in high school) I was obsessed with the punk/emo music scene. I was the band photographer for my closest friends, I became the music correspondent for my high school newspaper (that no one ever read by the way) and when I was trying to develop my own style I still went back to that scene.
Read MoreWho doesn't love glitter? Seriously, if you don't like glitter, you can have a one way ticket to Mars. Sure it's "the herpes of craft supplies", it gets everywhere and you can count on finding exactly 4 huge pieces permanently stuck to something you are guaranteed to see everyday. But when it's used it literally transforms the mundane and tedious into something of fantasy. It is literally tiny particles of tangible magic.
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