Today it snowed in Kansas City…enough for my day job to let out a couple hours early!! That meant that Preston and I got to spend a little time in my happy place before it closed for the evening. Heirloom Bakery & Hearth is one of the best things that could have opened so close […]

If you know Kansas City, you know the Roasterie: a local coffee company who has perfected the art of air-roasting and found a way to integrate itself into the culture here in creative and personal ways. Want to buy their beans in local grocery stores? You got it. Want them delivered to your door? You […]

Blogging about more life-related things has been a goal of mine for a long time. I post photos of other people and their lives a lot, but I want you to be able to peek into mine and get to know me! Plus this gives me an excuse to take more photos that aren’t weddings or portraits […]

If there’s anything my husband knows about me, it’s how giddy I get when I get a photo that I’m happy with.  Typically this happens when I’m doing something for myself, and not for a client….I call it “playing.” I’ve been wanting to try shooting in the rain for awhile now, and when it started […]

One of my very favorite things about photography is seeing my work up on the walls of people’s homes.  It reminds me that there is a greater impact and reason for my work than solely supporting me and scratching my creative itch.  Even more encouraging than when people tell me they like my work, seeing […]

    For the first time in my life I am the new girl. I lived in the same house in a small Colorado town until I moved off to college…and that experience didn’t even count because everyone is new together then! In an effort to branch out and meet some people, last week I […]