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So I’m back from a weekend of a wedding and some portrait shoots. My feet are still swollen, but I’m off them for a few days of editing, burning DVDs, packaging photos, uploading galleries, and of course, a little football mixed in. Football is something Chad and I love watching together. Our “shows” go out […]

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The girls I met at CDIA are such an encouragement. I don’t know how to appropriately express my love for them, how much I love their work, and how much I want to keep them in my pocket so that we can share jokes, photography stuff, and, because we’re girls, clothes. We’re so different in […]

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I grew up in a home where we bought brand name food items. Not because we’re food snobs, but it was just our habit. Once I started shopping for myself, I realized I could buy store brand and save 20 cents here and there. Great Value canned corn really does taste the same as the […]

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I see these fun collages sometimes and I thought I’m make one today! It was sort of a challenge to myself to run around the house and find some things that I love, style, and photograph them. Meanwhile, you get to learn a little more about me! Do we have anything in common??

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After three weeks of living in Richmond, I’m pretty much settled in! One of the reasons we chose this apartment complex is because it had a two bedroom WITH an office! I immediately saw myself living here, working in this little office nook! There are no windows [sad, but good for having no distractions], enough […]

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Tomorrow we load up the moving truck. Sunday we move to Richmond. I was really sad when I moved to Harrisonburg from Woodbridge. I wanted to stay with my parents. But I learned to love my college town and when the time came, I was sad to leave Harrisonburg! When we moved from Winston Salem, […]

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A second shooter, for those who aren’t familiar with the term, is a main photographer’s back-up and assistant. Not all weddings demand a second shooter, but it does relieve some nerves on those days where time is limited and there is a large number of people. Second shooters carry gear, get reaction shots, are in […]

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