our entire lives changed in April when we got the call from the agency that a birth mom wanted to meet us. It was in that moment that I knew this story was meant to be ours. Two and a half months later we finally welcomed our baby girl into the world (this past Thursday, [...]
Category Archive for ‘Misc’ 
Photo booths, beware.
I will find you and I will raise my glass, blow kisses, squish faces, attempt to look cross-eyed, laugh and yell. I will have my picture made with my best friends, my husband’s best friend, my parents and even a few unsuspecting strangers. I will act like a total fool and when 10 minutes has [...]
Danna made this photo …
… and, posted it for her week 1 homework. I don’t normally showcase student’s homework. My workshop is much more about learning the technical stuff than it is about winning photography contests with homework photos. But, this photograph stopped me in my tracks. For quite some time. It reminded me of this quote :
A photograph [...]
Today …
… I had an all-day mentoring session with the coolest girl ever. We did a faux-shoot so that she could watch me in action. When we got back to sort through the photos this one popped up.
It about knocked the insta-tears right outta me. Such a simple photo, but I love how well it depicts [...]
A little video that reminded me of everything worth being reminded of.
I saw this video on my friend Deb’s blog and it made my day. I wanted to share it here with you.
Easy as Pie, iFolios, Invited Ink, Beloved and a bit of nonsense.
Good Morning Lovelies,
If you read my 2nd step on MCP’s site yesterday then you know I’m not an advocate for spending money on things you either 1. don’t need or 2. can’t afford. But, that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about (and give discount codes) to things I think rock. So, read below and see [...]
MCP Actions + 503 Photography = 2 weeks of insanity (& teaching & giveaways).
She asked me to write a guest post. She told me I could teach whatever I wanted. I wrote her back a few suggestions … I could teach on toggling focus points, Lightroom, or maybe the pertinent steps one must make to become a professional photographer. She told me to teach whatever my heart desired [...]
knock, knock …
…anybody home?
Why hello, world! I am in fact here and, I’ve learned something terribly tragic. When my husband is out of town I have zero balance in my life.
He’s been gone for 2 weeks.
(I feel like I can finally write that now that he’s only hours from being home. (didn’t want any boogie men showing [...]
Secrets To a Successful Marriage:
A couple weekends ago I went down to Knoxville for my cousin’s wedding shower. It was titled “Secrets to a Successful Marriage” and the host had each of us write down our secret and tape it to our gift. One of the guests was my cousin’s family friend and 3rd grade teacher. She asked her [...]
April Challenge Winner is …
Brandie! : ) Congrats! Email me for which prize you want (I have a sneaky suspicion it’s gonna be the workshop). ; )
xo,
jc