My passion for food stems from my own 10-year battle with an eating disorder. As many high school girls and young women experience (and men as well, eating disorders aren’t unique to the female gender), food became a major source of anxiety, discomfort, regret, failure, and sickness. And it’s unlike any other addiction in that […]

While most of the weddings I photograph happen off the mountain around North Carolina and beyond, it was a real treat to have the opportunity to work with local wedding vendors here in Boone, NC for our Alice in Wonderland styled shoot. Once Desi came on board she ended up being an integral part of […]

I feel like I’ve been on a looping roller coaster of emotion these past few weeks as I have delved more deeply into this self-imposed journey of redefining self-love. The whole idea of “loving myself more” makes me feel slightly squeamish because, let’s face it, I don’t know what the heck I’m doing or how […]

I reach a certain point in the depths of winter when I find myself feeling a little despondent. There’s not as much going on because folks are hibernating. The gaps between my weddings and photoshoots feels unusually elongated which causes my creativity to take a hit. That’s why I was thrilled when Andi and I decided […]

If you scour my yearbooks from 6th grade until my senior year in high school, you will only find my photo in two yearbooks. I used to go to great lengths to avoid having my picture taken when I was younger. I remember going to extremes in order to miss picture day, from faking sick […]

I sought out the definition of self-love recently just because I was curious, and I was astonished to see how it was defined. To give you a quick idea of what I discovered, here are a few synonyms for Self-Love: conceit, narcissism, and vanity. Not what I expected AT ALL! I was somewhat irked by […]

“You know, falling from anything higher than 6-ft. is considered a DEATH FALL, right?!,” Jack, the owner of Camp Sky Ranch, said. Suddenly, that 8-ft. tall ladder I was staring at leaned up against the wall looked more like a skyscraper to me. “Did you seriously just use the word DEATH FALL?!,” I exclaimed, as […]

I need help! Not the sort of help where you should be worried about me or anything. What I need assistance with is the result of an awesome new project I would like to unleash. I’m looking for someone to join the WW tribe to help me produce even more great work! I’m seeking an […]

There was a big smile on her face as she scarfed down chicken wings when she suddenly proclaimed, “I feel like a Phoenix that has risen from the dead!” She then confided that 2013 has been a challenging year, although she wouldn’t change a thing because it was all necessary in order for her to […]

Flexibility wasn’t something that I was known for about 5-6 years ago. In fact, I was probably one of the least flexible people you would likely come across in your lifetime. However, over the years, I have learned that you can’t NOT be flexible while simultaneously holding onto your sanity. From time to time, I […]