i recently went to a photography retreat and one of the topics that came up was doing free sessions. while i never tell anyone how to run their business, i do give my two cents here and there 🙂 i started my business on free sessions. i literally had to beg and plead with people for […]

i said it! heirloom albums literally changed my business! i hear photographers complain all the time about clients not printing their wedding photos. we are in the digital age. everyone wants digitals so they can share them online, because let’s face it…that is where they’re going to get seen the most! most brides want something in addition […]

weddings weddings weddings 🙂 i love them! when i got started in wedding photography…i had minimal gear. i mean…minimal!!! i was shooting on a crop sensor camera, with a kit lens, a borrowed $40 flash (because i couldn’t afford my own!) and 2 memory cards. but guess what? i rocked it. i knew flattering angles […]

women are crazy competitive. not in the same way that men are. women are quietly competitive. we don’t broadcast that we’re actively competing either, we like to slip in there with our success and just blow people’s socks off! why are we like that?? because we’re afraid of failure. some women are so afraid of failure […]

to rebrand or not rebrand? that was my question for 3 weeks straight! i hit a point in 2016 that i quit attracting a particular type of bride because i was capturing completely different images than i was the previous year. my style evolved, my approach changed and i was no longer what she was […]