Taking another photographer’s headshots is always a little daunting. It’s even more daunting when that person is your best friend – and the person who taught you how to take photos. I always get nervous (and I shouldn’t – he basically chooses more than half the locations). We hadn’t updated Mike’s headshots in almost two […]

This year was a freaking ADVENTURE when it comes to second-shooting. I got to go to awesome places, I got to meet amazing couples, and I got to work with 4 super fantastic photographers that are amazing and wonderful and hooked it up with some really, really fun days. Not only that – but I […]

A couple of years ago (let’s be honest, almost three years ago), Mike, Chris & I all went to Gordonsville, Virginia to see the fall leaves and take pictures of stars. Well, Mike took pictures because that’s before I knew anything about anything. Mike planned out two hikes for the Saturday that we were there. […]

This was the first year that I really went full-force with second shooting. I’m lucky that I have an awesome friend in Mike Dragon of Dragon Studio who let me intern with him for what felt like a million weddings starting in May of 2017 and taught me a TON of awesome stuff so that […]

Cherry Blossom Planning Factory brought me on to do something epic for her Instagram and that was to create an awesome, curated feed via this cool photo shoot that we did.  A Cavalier wedding inspiration was planned with Dragon Studio and a slew of other incredibly talented vendors (see the full list at the bottom), […]

Fun fact: I have about 20 drafts of blogs that I’ve never published.  This is the first of them, written about a year ago. I feel like before I get into this blog, I need to shout something from the rooftops for you all.  A styled shoot should never EVER be presented like a real […]