Professional camera’s usually start off at about $500 dollars. However, if you are interested in photography, I always recommend starting with what you have and working your way up. Having an expensive camera does not mean you are going to have professional level pictures, so practice…

Use your hands to create shape in your body. You don’t want your hands to be straight at your side. This can cause you to look wider. Instead you want to create curves and shapes with your hands, and legs. Look at the picture below, notice the slight curve in the arm where the arrow is pointing. This curve helps create a shape. And then look at this leg. He has one leg behind the other and so his body is almost creating some curves.

As many of you many know, Kevin and I become licensed foster parents in 2020. From there our journey to parenthood began, and I can honestly say that it changed everything for me…

I love them so much because they strip away all the color and leave the bare bones. They remove the distractions and you are left with something that is really quite beautiful. I try in every single session to include at least 1 black and white photo, and I typically leave it toward the end because I feel like its such a nice way to close a session. I think black and white pictures are so powerful, and there is an elegance to them.

We don’t care about the mess. To be honest, my house is probably messier than yours right now…

In addition to photography, I am also a full time licensed nurse, and a licensed foster parent. Some days, it is easy to balance all three, but most days its nothing short of a miracle, really strong coffee, and some nice wine…