The Blog

Carroll County Times’ CARROLL’S BEST 2019 winners are announced, and I’m beyond grateful to be voted Honorable Mention for Carroll’s Best Professional Photographer next to two fantastic fellow photographers, Valerie Michelle Photography (winner) and Sarah Wockenfuss Photography (honorable mention). I’m also pumped to share that fellow Taneytown businesses and entrepreneurs RUST by Justin Staudinger, Taneytown Dance Center, and Antrim 1844 share … Read More

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FAITH! Faith is a senior and a student at Francis Scott Key High School, and she is participating in the FSK Internship program. I will allow Faith to introduce herself: “Howdy! Many may not know, but for the 2019-2020 school year I landed an internship as social media marketing intern for KHP, and it’s been totally awesome! … Read More

BKZ Insurance Group Inc., located in Westminster, Maryland, handles group health benefits and consult on claims management programs small, medium and large employee size businesses. President and founder, Brian Lewis, and I have gotten to know each other for several years through the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. And I love knowing that Brian’s business name, BKZ, is derived from … Read More

Taneytown, MD, is growing to become a THE little historic town to visit. With multiple gift shops, activities, and places to eat all within walking distance, this is the perfect place to visit on a Saturday. Not from around here? Well we have more than one upscale place to stay now too. Featured are George’s On York Bed & Breakfast, … Read More

Matthew Golaboff is a Residential Realtor with Weichert, McKenna & Vane in Mt. Airy, Maryland. We needed to create a new headshot for Matt that stood out among his real estate colleagues, and I think we did the trick! Matt was super kind in his feedback, sharing that, “I have never been more satisfied with pictures of myself than those … Read More

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