This is your last summer before you’re out of high school – only 3 short months! What should you do with it. Here are my 5 tips to make the most of this time!

Even though a camera does not make you a photographer, the equipment you use can make a huge different in the quality of your work. Here are my top 5 tools for taking professional portraits. These 5 things are with me at every session no matter what. Have questions? Leave me a comment below! VVV

One mistake a lot of portrait photographers make constantly is to blow out the sky in their portraits. Raise your hand if that is ever you. My hand is up with you. I have plenty of portraits with the sky completely blown out.

Alleys and brick walls may be one of the most overused locations for senior portraits, but my clients continue to request them, and I still love them for several reasons.

Even if you are limited to one shoot location, there is still a variety of shots you can get. Here are some tips to make the most of a beautiful field of wild flowers. 

Layla is such a sweet soul! I’ve had the privilege of working with her family over several years along with watching her dance at my daughter’s dance studio, so I’ve seen her grow up!

Love this girl so much! She asked to include downtown Kinston and she also wanted to get out in nature. Chandler came to my house with her mom, Susan, and 3 dogs loaded up in her car.

Dear Class of 2021, Your senior year may not have looked how you pictured it way back during freshmen year, but you did it! You made the best of it with smiles on your faces. I am proud to know each of these seniors and I pray the next years of their lives just keep […]

Every spring, I head over to the prettiest church in Kinston (in my opinion) – St. Mary’s Episcopal Church to work with a handful of senior who book senior cap and gown portraits. I love these portraits because it ends out my time with these seniors with a celebration! Some even choose to bring a […]

Still don’t know what to get your main squeeze for Vday? Here are some creative ideas that cost little to nothing… Make a memory – plan a day together going back to all the places you’ve made special memories. The place you met, your first date, that place you had a big fight… take pictures […]