THE JOURNAL

I never in my wildest dreams dared think that I would get to the point in my career that I would have the time or even the guts to take on mentoring other professional photographers.  When I launched For the Love of Learning Mentoring sessions back in the fall of last year, I already had […]

I love my children’s eyes.  They have their dad’s eyes and it’s uncanny how identical the three of them are.  They’re this perfect shade of hazel meets brown (or “basil” as Jillian calls it)  and so expressive.  And it seems I’m always trying to get into them when I shoot.  As much as I love the […]

Raquel and Jason spent the morning getting ready in their suites at The Athenuem in Downtown Detroit and opted for a first look on the campus of The Detroit Institute of Arts where we met up with their wedding party and hit some of their favorite spots like Town Pump, Tiger Stadium and we even […]

  A quiet, but busy week here at home. Does that even make sense?  We seem to turn into cave people come January in Michigan, and only venturing out when we have to.  So this week, it pretty much our lives on repeat.  Sleep, school, play, eat, baths repeat.  But that’s ok, it made for […]

These are the walls that I wake up in, live in, raise my family in.  The world outside these walls can often be wild, rough, confusing, fun and everything in between.  I look at these walls every day.  When guests are over or I have clients here for a consult, I love watching them explore […]

The almighty internet and world of social networking.  It can either be a thorn in your side or one of the most powerful tools for small business people.  Today, it is the latter for me.  This morning I was up before the rest of my house, came downstairs to get started on some e-mail and […]

Well hello there, 2013.  Although many people out there thought we wouldn’t even see the light of day come January 2013 (literally) I knew you’d still be here.  Which is good, because 2013 is going to be a a fabulous year!  So many awesome creatives around me are gearing up for a great year as […]

When I take a step back and start reflecting back on 2012, it seems it just got better and better.  Not just because the details were amazing, the venues were incredible and my second shooters pretty much stole the show.  But they got better for all the reasons I love shooting weddings … the love […]