Category Archives: the rest.

on fear and faith.

starting this whole photography thing has been really hard on my spirit. i’m up, i’m down, i’m allover the place. Fear crept in, lodged itself deep in my heart, and reminds me of its presence as soon as i’ve overcome its last revelation. i spend just as much time being fearful and wanting to crawl…

things to celebrate: hope.

it’s funny how in the season of celebration, we as human beings focus on all the reasons not to celebrate. and there are legitimate reasons for sadness and longing. but honestly, that’s the point. this is why we hope. because God has fulfilled His promises to us by sending us Jesus and we look forward…

a note from my husband.

though it was written for me, i found it quite inspiring and thought someone else might gain inspiration from it. Today, Enjoy beauty. Enjoy being beautiful.  Enjoy having beautiful hair, enjoy your beautiful brown eyes, your beautiful nose, your beautiful smile. Enjoy being in a beautiful place.  Enjoy the beautiful houses, the stripped trees, the…

charlottesville creative portraits- a winter love story.

tim and katie anne, only a few months behind my husband and i, just celebrated six months of marriage. we went out to a christmas tree farm of sorts and did a sweet love shoot just in time for christmas cards. katie anne looks like she walked out of an anthropologie catalogue and tim surprised…