kara: durham headshots photographer

kara wanted updated photographs of herself to share with her parents and to celebrate her birthday--and I am SO glad she had them done because she looks AMAZING.



I mean, seriously, she's gorgeous, right? I love her hair, her outfits and her blue eyes! just stunning! I'm going to add some more of her images to my site too--so keep an eye out!

jamie and sasha: durham headshot and furry friend photographer

I really love Durham, y'all. It's an awesome city to live in and an even more awesome city in which to photograph.

Jamie wanted some updated headshots and brought her sweet doggie, Sasha, along for the session. I love it when people bring their furry family members, too!




And since the bees were out and about doing their duties, I had to get a picture of that, too, because it made us all smile. :) Thanks again, Jamie! Please give Sasha a scratch behind the ears for me!

laurie: dallas portrait photographer

I had the pleasure of doing another mini-photo shoot for laurie this fall--I'd met her over the summer at our mutual friend's wedding (leanne and jarrod!) and taken some pictures of her and her family then. it was wonderful to see her again!

laurie is unbelievably talented--she writes, she sings and she is always a bright and happy person. It was great working with her! she wanted some photos for her professional use, and I was happy to oblige.



the colors in this one are so fall and so amazing--man, I miss the fall!



I love the one of her twirling--she was turning around and the scarf just spread out--fabulous!


and this is my very favorite from her session. it's the kind of photo where I look at the image in my camera and think "wow!" I love the lines, the colors and how it's of her working!

challie: raleigh senior portraits

Challie wanted a mix of urban and nature settings for her portraits, so we met in downtown Raleigh to be sure to get the variety. She'd had her formal senior pictures done for school, but they just weren't "her." So we made sure to capture her personality! And I LOVE how much thought she put into each of her outfits--she was "put together" from her shoes up!

this is one of my very favorites!


I love how the different outfits each evoke such a different feeling. and check out those kicks! Challie said her dad had said that the shoes didn't matter--they wouldn't be in pictures anyway. clearly, he was mistaken. :)


and WOW. I love this one.


as we wandered around we found this ledge with the brick wall--LOVE it! Challie was game for anything--and that kind of attitude always makes for a great session!


pretty, pretty!


and the colors in this one make me smile!


thanks again, Challie!

brandon--tulsa senior pictures

this is brandon--a talented musician and and all around cool dude.



he also happens to be one of my little brother's best friends. and he has a pretty kickin' guitar, yes?



I get to see him pretty much every time I'm in town. We trade info about bands we like and he's at all our family dinners. He's pretttty much like my third little bro, and I like that. A lot. Well, except for when he used to call me "ma'am." :)

harvey--tulsa senior pictures

you might've noticed I've not posted in a while. like, um, going on two months. there are a lot of reasons for that (wedding planning + full time job + holiday photography + travel to oklahoma and georgia + grad school final + needing to sleep occasionally) but now? now it's time to catch up.

this is my littlest brother, harvey. harvo. the wonder hamster. harvard avenue. he's almost eleven years younger than I am. I will spare him the embarrassment of stories involving diapers or first words, and instead tell you that ever since we discovered we have similar taste in music, harvey and I have gotten along like peas and carrots.

he is also an extraordinarily talented musician. I suggested he bring an instrument to his session, but he politely declined, explaining that if he brought one, he'd have to bring them all. and they can't all fit in one car. 'cause he plays like, oh, five? six? seems every time I ask he's learned how to play another--and he plays them all very, very well.

come to think of it, I guess my whole family is pretty creative. but moving on to the pictures...we took these in ~12 minutes before my fiance and I headed to the airport to come home. these are at the always-popular Woodward Park in Tulsa--such an amazing place for pictures.

this is definitely harvey.


rockin' some pink floyd. my mom and I both appreciate how all of the kiddos have come to love pink floyd at some point in their life. I should probably give him my old poster.

and I LOVE his boots.


love you harvey! happy senior year!!!

beverly's bridal portraits-chapel hill, nc

I have been holding onto these lovely portraits until the big day arrived--and now it's here! I actually timed this post to go up after beverly made her entrance at the wedding!

we had such a good time taking these portraits! her fabulous friend camille came along to help out, and the three of us had a blast!

we began in downtown chapel hill at first presbyterian, where beverly and bobby will be wed.





this one is hands down, no contest my very favorite--beverly said she could see the wheels in my head turning as I climbed up into the tree to capture this! it is also beverly's favorite and her mother's favorite--and a gallery wrap of this very picture will be on display at her wedding!


we also took a little walk over to the carolina inn, the reception location--boy oh boy, are there a lot of places to shoot here! check out the reflection...


thank you, wind!


and this is going to be on dislay at her wedding, too!


and some other assorted yumminess...

shannon's headshots

shannon and I visited downtown chapel hill and unc's campus for this shoot, and she was all about the details--check out her awesome leopard heels!

after our time in downtown chapel hill we visited a local pool hall. she plays pool competitively and wanted to get images from start to finish--putting together the cue, racking the balls, breaking--you name it, we probably photographed it!

matt's headshots

matt traveled down from dc to have me take his headshots--he said he knows plenty of the photographers in his area, but none were going to capture his personality like I could. what a compliment!

we spent some time in downtown durham rockin' out with his guitar and breaking some racks. enjoy!