THE BLOG

Are you sick of families who have been trained to look right smack at your lens with the cheesiest grin you have ever seen? Me too.  But here is the thing… my clients rarely do that anymore and I am going to share with you my secret. It’s because I have educated them BEFORE they ever […]

Friend, I had a feeling you were feeling like you were lacking confidence so I wanted to touch base with you. I get so many emails and messages asking how to gain confidence and I want to help.  First, I know it seems like those of us who have been in the game longer are […]

You know what starting your own photography business means? It means you are following your dreams. Yup, you heard me right.  So many times I get messages from ladies just like you who tell me that they are afraid. That they feel like a fraud or that they feel they will never make it. It […]

With the gaining popularity of “lifestyle” and “documentary” family photography the word “pose” has gained a bad rap.  One of the things I see photographers posting on social media all the time is “I just love the in-between moments.” Or “I swoon over candid moments.”  You guys! Let me let you in on a little […]

It is not a secret that I love family photography. And I SUPER love Seattle family photography because I love the people in this city! They are for sure my people.   Family photography is what I would say is my speciality, my zone of genius. I love it. But I will admit, there was a […]

I don’t know about you, but when I was first starting out I thought I needed a ton of expensive camera gear to be a good photographer. I also thought to be considered a “professional” I had to have the latest camera body and a bag full of lenses. Not to mention an expensive camera […]