My Portfolio

My photography journey started out as just a job. My first "big girl" full-time job out of college was a photographer and sales associate at a portrait studio. At first I was excited to learn new skills and, more importantly at the time, have a regular paycheck.

Little did I know that I would grow to love the art of portraiture: I would not only learn the basics of good posing, using proper lighting, and framing everything correctly while using the right camera settings, but I also learned how to deal with the shy ones (like myself at one time) who had a hard time opening up and cooperating with the spotlight on them.

I got to work with children and adults with varying abilities. Taking extra time to get through a session with an infant and her parents who were both hearing impaired: some rudimentary sign language and passing notes back and forth and they left with some beautiful family photos that I know they'll cherish forever.

Lord knows toddlers are a handful even on their best days, but sometimes we have to dig deep for that extra ounce of patience. I found it working with a little guy on the autism spectrum with an extra short attention span: after several trials and errors, we finally found that blowing bubbles kept him entertained, and we worked some magic and got some great shots.

I'll never forget when I captured the smile of a little blind girl and both her moms cried because they had never had a photo taken with her smiling before.

It's these stories that increased my love for the camera and the art of creating, capturing, and saving those sweet moments forever.