January 10, 2013 4

Love On the Battery | Jason & Michelle

They came all the way from St. Louis – Missouri!!! – to have me take their engagement photos – and they’re coming back in April. They chose Charleston first, but I still can’t believe that they chose me with it, and they they love my work as much as I do – maybe more. Jason [...]

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November 27, 2012 10

Mood Board: The Lateness of Autumn

It’s coming sooner, and Pete is hardly here for it anymore, the golden hour that doesn’t last an hour as the earth tilts away from the sun and turns the night blue with the moonlight. I soak it in, the light that is left, and I plan late autumn things, since Charleston clings to her [...]

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October 16, 2012 11

Squiggy’s Apple Photos

This. Cuteness. lives at my house. And he let me take his picture for a change. I got to take exactly fifteen shots, each carefully posed by His Little Self, and then it was, “All done now, Mommy,” and it was over. I expect he’s probably the best teacher I’m gonna find for taking the [...]

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October 10, 2012 5

Mood Board: Live It. Every Autumn, Every Day

Earlier this year, I realized that the stress of shooting a wedding makes me unable to look objectively at my work immediately afterward, but the stress of having the processing hanging over my head was making me feel guilty for even thinking about taking any photos for myself. So we set a boundary that appears [...]

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September 27, 2012 5

Autumn Is My Favorite Time

She is full of hope, even as life seems to go into hiding. She is the rest before the awakening, the hope of glory, the three days before the sun brings day over an empty tomb and a brand new life. I dwell now in autumn; she dwells in me, and we wait – with [...]

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