Kernersville Family Photos
Johnnie and I are practically best friends now. He may not realize it yet, of course, but it’s true! I celebrated with his parents at our Kernersville maternity session, we giggled together during...
View ArticleI went to Chattanooga
I didn’t think I would ever arrive. I decided a couple quick flights would be the easiest way to get from Greensboro to Chattanooga. Theoretically, I was right. A twenty-two minute flight GSO to...
View ArticleLookout Mountain Engagement
“There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met yet.” William Butler Yeats We rode the incline railroad together, but barely noticed each other in the excitement of riding a train backwards...
View ArticleI went to Ontario
Guys! Canadaland is SO MUCH BIGGER than this little tiny thumbprint section I claim as my own. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No duh. But for all my criss-cross-apple-sauce of the continent, I’ve only ever...
View ArticleGreg & Sara’s Chilliwack Wedding
Sara & Greg both got ready at the Charis Camp Chalet but didn’t see each other until their first look later in the afternoon. In fact, Greg didn’t know that we took this photo of he and Sara on...
View ArticleSilver Lake Provincial Park
I went camping. Nay, I went camping for the first time. I mean, I slept in a tent in Uganda (but that was out of desperation: the house we were supposed to sleep in was locked from the inside by a...
View ArticleEngaged: Joanna and Peter
I’m pretty sure that the only thing more emotionally charged for me than photographing my little brother’s wedding is photographing my little sister’s engagement photos. Well, for now anyway: in a...
View ArticleAh, Lavender
If you’re following me on Instagram, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already seen my decadent bundles of aromatic joy: lavender. My in-laws had a massive patch of beautifully fragrant lavender...
View ArticleHigh Tea at O’Henry
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your...
View ArticleBethabara Family Portrait
“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James The jazz concert provided the soundtrack for our afternoon together...
View ArticleOld Salem Wedding
Meet the groom. Matt is one of those thoughtful, kind, articulate, compassionate men that jumps at every chance to be a true southern gentlemen. He holds open doors, offers to carry the heavy boxes,...
View ArticleHiking Elk Mountain
Today is a gray day. Perfect for sitting on the couch, sipping tea, writing; all the better for remembering the fun of hiking Elk Mountain earlier this summer. After the sweat-dripping,...
View ArticleMayfair Lakes Wedding
In preparation for what would be my first Chinese Tea Ceremony, I scoured google for examples and explanation but quickly realized similarities to a Vietnamese Tea Ceremony were abundant. Remember...
View Articleeight month baby portrait
Little children, sweet and lovely Buds from Heaven sent to earth! Let us love them, teach them, guide them, Fill their lives with joy and mirth… Looking up with eyes of laughter, Holding out their...
View ArticleUBC Wedding
I had the joy of photographing this UBC Wedding with Mikaela Ruth Photography. The on-and-off-rain couldn’t dampen the joyous festivities at the Rosemary Heights Retreat Center and just mingled with...
View ArticlePort Moody Portraits
Spending time with these five at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody? Amazing. Not only were they willing to do just about anything I asked (aside from dirtying those perfectly clean collectible shoes,...
View ArticleAbbotsford Family Photos
What you see here represents several months of planning, the celebration of European and Canadian contingencies of the family convening in one time zone, and the speedy cooperation of everyone...
View ArticleSkate Park Portraits
We spent forty-five minutes together one Saturday morning. Two boys, two helmets, two parents, the four (collective) wheels, and me. The Murrayville Skateboard Park at W.C. Blair Recreation Centre...
View ArticleSasquatch Provincial Park
One year ago (almost exactly), I was emerging from my six weeks of hospitalization and embracing the beauty of life renewed after so many days of illness and so many surgeries and so many questions...
View ArticlePanorama Ridge
Will I someday become jaded to the beauty? Will I ignore the brilliant blues and greens that typify a British Columbia summer? Will I forget to breathe in the glory that is fresh mountain air? Will...
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