If you’re a photographer who lives in a colder climate, it’s likely that your shooting season is compressed like mine. You drive hard from April to November, and your business slows down during the winter months. I love the seasonal nature of my work and actually prefer it to the alternative…the hard part is October. […]

The definition of the word “ideal” is a.) satisfying one’s conception of what is perfect, b.) existing only in the imagination. The opposite of the word ideal is “real.” Last I checked, I didn’t marry an ideal husband. Our two daughters aren’t ideal either. I don’t have a single ideal friend…but lots of really good […]

We’re filmmakers because we’re storytellers and want to tell a fuller story with sound and movement. Every family has a UNIQUE story. We say that all the time, but do we film in a way that we mean it? Our clients’ stories matter to them. They HAVE to matter to us. With that in mind, […]

Let’s chat about BEACH FILMS. As filmmakers, we love them for the visuals and hate them for the audio. Though wind and waves compete for clean voice capture, the beach is one of my favorite places to film. I would never encourage a full family film on a beach but it’s a beautiful setting for […]

Does anyone relate to this?…MIRRORLESS CAMERAS ARE TOO SHARP! There’s something uncanny to me about photos that are sharper than the human eye. They lose a certain poetry for me in their hyperrealism. For ten years I’ve told myself that to be considered a professional photographer, my images need to be as sharp as technology […]

Photographers are circus ringmasters. We are light on our feet, juggling your chaos and our creativity…adapting to whatever your kids throw at us. As we consider our settings and creatively frame each shot, we’re engaging you and your kids in ways that will put you at ease and earn us (er, you) genuine emotion.  It’s […]