Can I tell you about something that really irks me? When wedding vendors use fake couples for styled shoots. This morning just after I woke up I was scrolling instagram and I saw yet another styled photoshoot with a “couple” that isn’t actually a couple. Now, I know that it is easy to get excited about a vision and want to see it come to fruition but there has to be some form of authenticity even in a styled photoshoot.
Read MoreI got to hang out with my crazy talented sister-in-law this evening. She found this 1970s dress that was her mom’s from yearrrrs ago. It was perfect for a quick sunset shoot. These photos are a preview of our evening. Emily knocked it out of the park! I am so excited to edit the rest :) Here are a couple for now. Check out Emily’s music at www.emilynance.com.
Read MorePart one of Joshua and Caleb’s greenhouse engagement photos was at Matkins Flowers and Greenhouse in Bentonville, Arkansas. Part two of their engagement photos was featured yesterday for day 50 of uplifting blog posts during the pandemic. It was a cuddly, in-home session with their sweet pups. Part one was equally adorable! We met up at the greenhouse and worked our way through each area. Joshua and Caleb cracked jokes and had each other (and me) laughing throughout the photoshoot.
Read MoreWhat better place to have your engagement photos than in your own house with your pups! :)
Caleb and Joshua are goofy, sweet and they love Beyonce! What more could you want from a couple? Plus, they had me crackin’ up the whole photoshoot! We started the photoshoot in the greenhouses at Matkins Flower & Greenhouse in Bentonville, Arkansas. Then part two of the shoot, featured in this post, was at their home in Northwest Arkansas with their two adorable pups.
Read MoreAt the beginning of the physical distancing measures, my boyfriend took a few portraits of me with my new red bodysuit that I ordered from Glam Expressway in DUMBO, Brooklyn. I absolutely love it! I can’t wait to wear it out with high-waisted jeans when it is safer to do so. The plaid skirt I am wearing in the photos is from Goodwill. I am a huge thrift shopper and I love finding vintage clothes on the cheap! I think I paid $4 for the skirt. Such a steal!
Read MoreNatasa has become such a close friend of mine in a really short time. We have chatted about how amazing women can be as forms of support for each other. She is the definition of this. We have had cocktails and great conversations on many occasions. This is one of the pre-pandemic things I miss the most. We have went on long walks up and down Miami Beach. And now we have done a few photo sessions together. When I first started considering doing virtual sessions I immediately messaged her and asked if she would test model for my first one. She knocked it out of the park! She had an amazing outfit and energy throughout the virtual facetime session. She even happened to have a rose handy as a prop. Check out that session here.
Read MoreWhen she showed up for the session, she was wearing the PERFECT dress! The dress was purple and flowy and it just looked gorgeous on her! We walked around the greenhouse chatting, laughing and dancing. I had such a great time with her! The greenhouse was perfect too! So many varieties of flowers and plants. Each time we moved to a different area it looked like we were in an entirely different location. I will say, if you plan to check out Matkins Greenhouse make sure you have plenty of extra cash to spend because it will be hard to leave without any of their gorgeous plants and flowers.
Read MoreBianca! This woman is going to be hella famous one day. I am absolutely sure of it! She has already done some big things too. She was featured in a Third Love commercial and she absolutely killed it singing and acting in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Her voice gives me the chills when she hits some of those notes. She is crazy talented and just a lovely person. We did this session back in early February and I was hyped up throughout the entire session. We were working together to create so awesome shots that just felt really natural. I can’t wait to see what she does when the world resumes. ❤️❤️❤️
Read MoreLily. Just wow. Lily is a multi-talented artist. Watching her act and direct for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover at Faena in Miami Beach, Florida was truly unforgettable. She sang, she dance, she led, she inspired! ❤️See more of her work on her website.
I am so grateful that I got to see this production so many times and witness the greatness of that cast. Every single person on that cast was so talented! Truly, I loved watching them all. They all impressed me so much from day one.
Read MoreA few summers ago, I lived in Wahiawa, Hawaii for a few months. ❤️While I was there I did a photo-a-day photo challenge. Most of the photos below are from that challenge plus a couple extras just for fun. 😃
Read MoreI love swapping stories with others about how they got their start in whatever they are passionate about. I remember when I was 15 or 16, I borrowed my sister’s point and shoot digital camera. My best friend and I got dressed up and I took pictures of her individually and us together. We had such a good time and felt so confident. I have no idea where those photos are now but that was so much fun. ❤️Then when I was 19 I bought a film camera from goodwill. I bought some film and my friend show me how to load it. I started photographing everything.
Read MoreToday I am sharing some of my favorite bridal portraits. ❤️ These were taken at The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas last October. Kim was such an amazing bride! I loved every detail her and Adam curated for their wedding. It was such a beautiful day! The Crescent hotel has a gorgeous, moody, romantic, and emotional feel to it. I loved using various areas of the property to take photos. Kim’s dress and flowers were absolutely gorgeous!
Read MoreI took a bit of a mental health day today so I thought I’d share a photo of a butterfly. ❤️ I took this photograph years ago after a wedding in Arkansas.
Read MoreI have photographed Jasmine numerous times at this point and it is always such a good time! Her bff, Jae, always tags along and those two together is always a hell of time! For the past two years I have photographed Jasmine for her birthday in-person in Arkansas. We used Onyx Coffee Lab in Bentonville, Arkansas as a location for the first one and a super cool brewery in downtown Rogers, Arkansas for the next one. This year an in-person shoot wasn’t a safe option and we were some states apart so she booked a virtual session. I will start with that one and then post the photos backwards in time.. :)
Read MoreY’all! It has been 30 flippin’ days since I first started physical distancing. I never would have imagined that this series would have lasted this long. I thought since we are 30 days in why not give you some real gems: photos of me as a kid. :D I obviously did not take any of these but here they are now existing on the internet. :D :D :D
Read MoreI was so happy when her and Matt chose to me photograph their wedding ❤️ I had no idea what I was in for, y’all! 😭Her wedding was perfect! So many happy tears! So much love! And every detail was so damn adorable! There was so much thought and love that went into that day. Every person who was at that wedding was also amazingly lovely! Her now husband Matt was such a sweetheart and they were so sweet to each other.
Read MoreThis is my friend, John. He is another fixture of South Beach. Every time I see him when I am walking to get groceries, he always says “Oh hi, auntie! It is so good to see you, auntie,” with a big smile. During normal times, you can catch him sipping some Cuban coffee or walking around South Beach.
Read MoreThe internet is a weird but sometimes awesome thing. On my very first trip to Miami Beach in December 2018, I really wanted to do a photoshoot while I was there visiting. I scoured instagram looking for someone in Miami/Miami Beach who might model for me. I have used instagram to find subjects for a variety of things for magazines, model calls, etc. It is a super useful way to connect. I came across the instagram of a young woman who was studying marine biology.
Read MoreThis photo was taken of my nephew, Jamie, a few years ago. He was running around in his yard and I asked him to stop for one second so I could take his photo. He ran up to me stopped for literally one second, I snapped the photograph and then he ran off again. Looking back I am so thankful that I got this photograph. It is him in his element with a chocolate smeared face. A perfect little flare came into my lens as I took the photo too. Everything just came together in one amazing moment. 💕
Read MoreThese photos of sweet Eva bring me so much joy! Eva’s mom, Rachel (an amazing force in the Northwest Arkansas community) asked me to take these photos just over a year ago for World Down Syndrome Day. It was such a beautiful session. ❤️Eva played hide and seek with me and let me chase her around the greenhouse giggling. She has the most beautiful smile too! Check out the sweet relationship between her and her mom below. ❤️❤️❤️
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