Tanner | Indiana Senior Photographer

This is Tanner...probably a familiar face to a lot of people.  He and his family have supported me from the beginning - encouraging me in my business and teaching me a lot. (High resolution photos?  What's that?  Thank you, Mr. B, for opening my eyes ;) )  You can see other shoots with them here and here.

Tanner is a great friend.  Who would have thought that when I met him seven years ago, I would take his senior photos and graduate with him (in seven short months!)?  All I have to say is that this kid is going places.  He's a writer and a deep-thinker, a revolutionary.  I used to say that when I got older and saw him speaking on Fox News, I would tell my kids that I knew him.  :)  And while his future plans have changed a little since those dreams of being in politics, I don't doubt that he will travel to great places in this life.  Tanner, it's been awesome growing up with you...only seven months left. ;)

Halloween 2013

November 1st makes a good day to go trick-or-treating too, especially when it rains on the last day of October.  So, we got dressed up and went.  And when people asked if I wished I would have dressed up, I just smiled and shook my head.  I had my time, and I have my memories.  That road in the first picture?  I used to live on that road, and even now, I can still remember walking it with a candy-laden bag in my hand.  We do it for the fun and for the memories...and, it's worth it.  (Especially when I started crying when we visited my old house.  Talk about a rush of memories.)  Also, I took pictures...duh.  :)















And a photo of my feet...just to prove that I was there too. :)

one frame | october

"I hear your voice in all the world's noise."
Paul Eluard

slowing down

I know it's true; that slowing down life is better than constantly going.  But the actual doing it - that's harder than the knowing.  I have less than a year to spend as much time in this place and with these people as possible.  And the only way I've learned how to do that is slow down and take it all in.  My sisters and I went on a hike on the first day of Fall Break, and it was good to do something other than school.  With senior year classes and the fall busyness of photography, there hasn't been much time to slow down.  But the rest of October holds some (crazy awesome!) exciting things, and I intend to enjoy all of it to the fullest.  And as a photographer, the best way for me to remember and enjoy moments is to take photos of them, so there will be much more to come!  

Anna | Indiana Senior Photographer

Oh this girl...she is wise beyond her years with an honest humor that people are drawn to.  It's the perfect combination, giving her a character that is so real and genuine.  She's definitely no girly-girl.  She spends her summers in Haiti, often traveling by herself.  And right before this shoot, she changed the oil in her car with her dad.  But seriously, look how gorgeous she is!

This shoot was full of glowing evening light and all that Indiana landscapes have to offer.  I couldn't have asked for nicer weather.  There was suffering involved too.  We both got bad poison ivy from laying in the grass.  :)  It was so completely worth it though.  I love this girl and this shoot.  Thankful she chose me to take her photos!

one frame | september

"I firmly believe it's the reaching for things we have no business reaching for, that makes the human experience so beautiful.  The reach for the sky when we've got no means to touch it, still we reach."

-Tyler Knott Gregson