Jonathan and Megan are the sweet souls of this beautiful engagement session at Vickery Creek Falls Roswell Mill. The first time I met these two was with Megans family in December to go over wedding details for what is going to be a beautiful wedding in Destin, Florida this October. I absolutely cannot wait for their wedding on the Bay! Megans mom, Carmen, texted me a couple of weeks ago and let me know that Megan was recently diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and it made me even more excited for these engagement pictures because we both knew it would be a perfect day to take her mind off of everything that has been going on lately with her diagnosis. Megan is such an warm-hearted and positive woman and I know she is going to take on this diagnosis with the most uplifting attitude and it truly makes you realize how precious life is and how important it is to surround yourself with people who lift you up, care deeply for you and allow you to care deeply for them. I could truly see the passion and endearment between Jonathan and Megan at their engagement session and how sweetly he cares for her. They brought along their sweet puppers that complete their little family as we explored the park and took in the sunshine, which was a nice break in all this rain we have had lately! Check out all of their love and sweetness below.

It's a funny story how I met these two. I was standing in line at Petco when I met Allen and he was so handsome that I gave him my information to set up a modeling shoot with me to build his portfolio. About two or three weeks went by when I received a text message from his fiancée, Laura.

Allen and Laura have been together for 10 years, they met in college while he was playing football and got engaged three years later. If you did that math right then that is a seven year engagement, it was high time they finally took their engagement pictures and I am so happy that they chose me to share that afternoon with. When I was editing these pictures I couldn't help but smile because the love between them truly showed throughout every picture.

Headshots are always good to have around, whether you're a student, lawyer, actress or superstar extraordinaire. There will one day come a time when you wish you had a professional picture of yourself vs. a selfie on your smartphone. Headshots work just like any other session, the lighting needs to be just right, clear forecast and clean, crisp clothes.
I was asked last minute to shoot an event on Saturday morning for a brunch and bike ride that was happening in Dunwoody. For my non-Atlantans reading, it was storming big time and raining cats and dogs outside which does not make for ideal shooting. I worked through the rain but at the end was asked to take a few headshots of a new employee {of the company I was shooting for}. Of course, I was going to do this but I had to find a good place to shoot so last minute. Here are my tips for shooting last minute in overcast:
- Find as much sun light as possible and if no sunlight is available then avoid shaded areas
- Find a solid background to place your subject against or move them away from a busy background and shoot with a long range lens to allow for the background to drop out of focus (we shot behind the restaurant by the dumpster and the side of the restaurant in the bushes)
- Turn your subject to about a 45 degree angle, very few people are fantastic from the front and I did not want a profile shot
- I had my subject kneel down so I was shooting slightly down at him since he was taller than me which disguised anything messy in the background that I wanted to hide

Once I had the right pictures that I wanted we wrapped it up and the new client was very pleased. If you would like to book your headshots today please email [email protected] and we can discuss pricing and scheduling. I look forward to hearing from you soon! 

Happy new year, I hope yours was as fabulous as you are! I know I am a bit late on writing this post, I have been gearing up for the big year I plan on having and making up for the time I lost when I was sick, and when I say sick I mean I wanted to curl up in a ball and die rather than live thru one more day of that stupid H1N1 crap I contracted. Back to what I was saying, I have big plans for this 2014 year and I hope you will be a part of those plans with me.

To recap on 2013, I gained some pretty amazing clients and started shooting weddings. I have been involved in the wedding process as a photographer previously but was never the head photographer. If you didn't know this already here is glimpse into what I go thru being a new wedding photographer:
    -Although I am new to the game I still know what I am doing.
    -Right now my prices are lower than they should be just to gain the clients that are iffy about hiring someone who hasn't shot a lot of weddings.
    -It's hard to get wedding clients because they are scared.
    -All my wedding clients have been extremely amazing (can I put those two words together?) about the whole process and have welcomed me into their lives with open arms.
    -Everyone has been pleased with all their photos.
Basically what I am getting at is that when you come across my Facebook page or my website looking for a wedding photographer you can count on me to get the job done. Everyone needs someone to help them get started and that is all I ask of you! Okay, rant done, now back to my 2013 recap. The skills I learned and the talents I cultivated on the past year have helped me to become an even stronger photographer, with these skills I have big shoots planned for 2014.

I am working on planning out more fashion shoots, these kind of shoots are my absolute favorite alongside shooting anything that captures the love between one person and another! If you are interested in working together to make an idea come to life please talk to me because I want to see them happen and I want to be a part of those ideas. I can't wait for it to get a little bit warmer so these shoots can come to life!

Happy Belated New Year!

Hello there my lovelies! I am so sorry I haven't been on the blog lately, I don't know what got into me but blogging was just not something I wanted to do and I think it had everything to do with moving, getting settled in Atlanta, getting a new schedule down with the photography and my daytime job. It take a lot of coordination to keep up with one schedule and let alone two and the schedules of all my clients, but I certainly wouldn't have it any other way. If I'm not super busy then you'll catch me on the couch watching a full day of bridal shows ;)

I have re-committed myself to blogging again and sharing the stories of the people I photograph. I get the opportunity to meet so many amazing people in this profession and I love showing others how amazing these people are.

Up on the blog probably Wednesday will be an amazing Engagement Session of a beautiful couple in Piedmont Park. I will get to their story then, have a wonderful day and remember to keep smiling!