Artist’s Statement

To show the beauty of life and it’s imperfectly perfect ways is the truest gift that I feel I can share with my clients.

I try to live each day filled with gratitude for every day moments, and photography is one of the ways in which I do that. A lifelong fan of beauty and light, I was drawn to the craft at an early age. This love continues because of my desire to capture moments and the connections that lie within them.
My approach to photographing weddings and portraits is to capture the day or session as it unfolds. I want to be a witness more so than a director. There are rooms for all kinds of photographers and this more relaxed approach is my natural forte. With portrait sessions, we must direct to some degree but my favorite images tend to be the more candid, playful images.
I went about learning the trade of photography through traditional means. A stint with high school yearbook led to classes at a local art school along with assisting with an area architecture photographer. 

I, then, took the plunge, attending the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.
College was a complete joy, as I was surrounded by some of the best teachers and certainly learned alongside some of the best photographers in the world today. After college, I happily accepted an internship with award-winning photographer, Mary Ellen Mark and upon completion in 2002, made my way back to Virginia to start my business.

I am a perpetual student of photography, and continue to seek opportunities for growth. I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy having my work featured both regionally and nationally, as well as have been supported by my amazing clients, businesses, websites, books and print publications.

In my off time, I seek adventures as well as raising my beautiful teenagers, looking for opportunities for growth, gardening and taking copious amount of videos of my hilarious dogs. My soul needs nature, animals and connection. Those three things are woven into the center of my work and who I am as a person.