My favorite journalism professor instructed me to “kill your darlings.” The phrase has been attributed to Faulkner, but the origin isn’t really known. At the time, it applied strictly to my writing. That sentence you just wrote and think is amazing? Get ready to delete it. The part of your piece you’re most attached to?…
We all want to live a life of flourishing. In “Strong and Weak,” Andy Crouch defines a flourishing life with a simple 2×2 grid depicting the relationship between authority and vulnerability. All authority with no vulnerability, you have exploiting. No authority with all vulnerability, you’re in the suffering camp. You’re withdrawing if you’re moving away…
[pp_gallery id=”4654″ style-id=”__full-size-images__”] Yes, this sweet couple is model material, but no, they are not models. They just make it look really easy to be in front of the camera. I enjoyed getting to know them both a little better before Matt makes a big move to Chicago! The weather the day of our…
This trip truly was 15 years in the making. My husband moved to the States from England when he was 16, and when we first started dating at 19, we knew we wanted to travel back together to where he grew up. But we knew it would be a trip with so many destinations to…
[pp_gallery id=”4596″ style-id=”__full-size-images__”] It’s fun when a family allows you to have a session within a session – and that’s what we did with Ryan and Kathy. We were really there to capture family portraits for Ryan’s mom (which I love!), but we also captured some of Ryan and Kathy, who have been married for…
Kristin and Bryan are getting married in October, and we had such a fun time capturing their engagement photos at a place Kristin loves! We wandered the grounds at the LA Arboretum and found some picturesque spots. Bryan might have even been one of the best grooms to self-pose I’ve ever had. ;) And y’all,…