Monthly Archives: April 2011

Downtime.

I like my new office. A whole lot. It’s big and organized, and best of all? Full of pretty light. I like my office even more when the kids come in, find a spot to curl up and read, or keep me company at the big table. Joining me this time was Miss Nora and...

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April 10 in 10.

So this month’s ’10 in 10′ needs an explanation. I didn’t take any photographs on the 10th. It was Sunday, and all 5 of us were sick. Like camera-is-too-heavy-to-hold sick. So I’ll spare you, and give you our 10 on the 11th– which was healthier-looking, and full of sunny 70 degrees. I’m happy to relive...

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Colleen & Kyle. OpLove Shoot.

I like being a photographer. That is what I thought when I left this session. Actually, no, that is what I said to Kayla when we were finished. It’s true. Sessions like this one remind me why. Kyle is in the Marines. Colleen is in Connecticut. And they are in love. I got an email...

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Friday Favorite. #17.

Whoa. I didn’t know it had been so long since I did a Friday Favorite. I apologize to those readers who say it’s their preference… (Sorry, Jen and Bethany!) I had something different scheduled for this Friday’s Favorite. Until I got the mail yesterday. And I knew right then I had to showcase this first....

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8:39. 8:40.

Exactly 8 years ago, our life changed. Moments we’ll long remember, the anxiety and waiting, the sounds of too many nurses and doctors in one room. The ceaseless beeping, the strained, strident noise of too many instruments doing their job. And then a lull. A silent, suspended slice of time; a wordless, pleading prayer felt...

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