Our sister Sam's battle with cancer…… I hope my images speak to those that are fighting or about to fight or knows someone fighting this terrible disease. During our session I watched her expressions change. The camera captured her thoughts. I saw her strength, sadness, dignity, humor, faith…. and many more emotions in this one session. I'll always be thankful to her for allowing me to capture part of her fight. She's my hero.

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Willow came to work today
I just love photographing my fav little redhead.  She truly loves her picture taken.  I decided to use window light since it was high noon outside.  Both windows were North light.

Spring is coming, right?
I wanted to share some images I photographed of my Willow during the most recent snow fall.  She's such a little trouper.  Loves, loves, loves to be photographed.  We had a great time even though the wind chill was below 0.  I must say I'm kind of getting sick of it.  Enough already.  How about some 6o's or even 50's.  Hope you enjoy the images.

A Lost Generation

Okay I know I've said this before, but here goes again. My husband and I were talking last night about the fact that this generation is going to be lost. Children won't have pictures to share with their children. The children of today won't know what their Grandparents and other family and friends looked like. We all have become so desensitized. I'm not sure what has caused this but I'm thinking technology has played a big part in it. This generation is one of immediate gratification. We want it and we want it now. We love to take pictures with our many devices but do nothing to archive those pictures. They often get uploaded to our computers, but there they stay. We have a false sense of security. Hard drives fail, cell phones get lost or destroyed. Things happen. The reason I chose photography as a career is because I'm a second child. There are little if any pictures of me (not even snapshots). This fact has made me so sad. You want to know what you looked like. Breena (my daughter] and her children will know exactly what they looked like. They won't be lost. Please print hard copies of your families. Don't wait till tomorrow to do this, do it now. Just because you don't like an image today doesn't mean you won't treasure it tomorrow. Quit deleting and start printing please. Use a reputable lab (not your home printer because the inks and paper are not archival and will not last). Store these images in a safe place. There are all kinds of archival storage containers. Okay, I'm done. I hope this rant has convinced at least some of you to preserve your memories now.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

The Winter Dulls

Here in Michigan and other states I'm sure (but I live and work in Michigan) the Winter blues are setting in. I treasure the days with sun, wish there were more. My sweet baby Willow is coming to work tomorrow. We are going to brave the cold and have some fun photographing outside in between sessions. Can't seem to be able to convince any clients to be photographed in the snow. My little Willow is up for whatever. I'll be sure to post some this weekend. Hope everyone is making it through the dulls of Winter. As fast as time is flying, Spring will be here soon (or so I keep telling myself). Be back soon... '