The Blog

Here’s a peek from a Save the Date photo session at The Sunflower Garden in Westminster, Maryland, for Julia and Ian. They are set to be married 09/2020. We agreed we were finished… the sun seemed past the horizon and our light was fading fast. As we walked to our cars, there was a little break in the sunflowers and … Read More

Since the end of 2018, I’ve been slaving away (and procrastinating… then slaving away again) at my first online course in partnership with a friend and colleague, Carolyn (I’ll introduce her at a later date). My regular “marketing” has been suffering because of this new venture (though this may just be a convenient excuse for slacking). This first attempt at … Read More

Have you ever been to an Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival? Better yet, have you tasted steam roasted corn? Yeah, it’s amazing. This is my second time photographing the Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival at Union Mills Homestead, on behalf of Carroll County Tourism. What I love about assignments like this is that I am not documenting an event, I am capturing … Read More

The 1st Farm To Table Dinner at Local Homestead Products LLC in New Windsor, Maryland was an incredible success, featuring PORK! I documented the evening for owner Trevor. So many talented farmers and chefs came out to make the experience incredibly delicious. There are THREE more farm to table dinners lined up for this year… BEEF featured in August 2019, … Read More

I met Annette Danek-Akey, Executive Vice President, and her team a while back working on a project for Carroll County Economic Development, so when Erin DiNello (Assistant to the Executive) called a year later for their own internal headshot and portraiture needs I was ecstatic! Erin was a joy to talk to – her father’s passion and career had been … Read More

You know how you know something is going to be GREAT because you know someone who says so? That’s TING, and the person who says so is Val. Everybody, meet Val! Val is the face of a local internet service provider, TING, located in downtown Westminster, Maryland. They are brilliant to let their customers speak for Ting’s incredible internet service. … Read More

The Padillas have been a very special connection. Martha found me online and we formed a great connection just on our phone consult. We also planned time to Skype so that I could meet her girls before the session to build a little comfort. And we used their own home and backyard as the setting for their family portraits. I … Read More

This is the second time I’ve gotten to photograph Katy & Alex, and this time was extra special because I got to meet Miss April, and the three of them as a family! Katy suggested Bear Branch Nature Center, located just outside of Westminster, MD. I have been there a lot – for photo sessions but also as a kid. … Read More

There is more to come, but I wanted to first introduce the Taneytown Dance Center’s Principal Dance Company. These young women are incredible students and instructors at TCD, located in Taneytown, Maryland, and have been dancing most of their lives… it shows! I am so excited to share their action portraits, but you’ll have to wait just a little bit! … Read More

Sometimes I feel like the initial ‘interview’ portion of my photography consultations are “The Annoying First Grader Phase”. Why you ask? (Good, you’re a little like me, CURIOUS!) Your grade school teachers always told you to answer WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY. SOOOOO important. I wholeheartedly believe that we to think about all these elements for a successful photography … Read More

Run Moore of Westminster, Maryland was nominated by the public as one of the top 50 Best Running Stores In America for 2019!! The organization reviewed Run Moore’s community involvement, store reviews, sent secret shoppers and checked out their social media reach. Owner Steve Moore found out April 1st that Run Moore made the list! And this past weekend, Steve … Read More

Hey friends! My sister and her family were in town from Ohio this past week and I got to spend tons of time with them and my two adorable nieces Willow and Josie. When they are in town I practically make it a staycation since I don’t get to see them all that often. We also try to always fit … Read More

Meet the Giovagnonis and their extended family! Bob & Barb, the glue that holds this family together, have three children and lots of wonderful grand-kids! Since their family is not all local, we planned their family portrait session for Easter weekend. The looming weather forecast was pretty intimidating, but we ended up with a beautiful, dry, sunny evening that made … Read More