leah.

1. I am freaking in love with my husband, freaking freaking frick. It still blows my mind that I met him for the first time when I was 15 years old. I know that no relationship is perfect but I would be hard-pressed to think of ways that our marriage could be any better. He makes me laugh and appreciate every day.

2. Harper.. AMAZING. She's almost 9 months old and delights me every day with her ever-growing personality. She is always moving, always making crazy noises, and always smiling. Before she was physically capable of smiling, Taylor worried that we wouldn't have a happy baby. Well, he was way off the mark because she is pretty much a joy to be around all the time. We lucked out big time with that one.

3. TEXTURES ON PICTURES. Ugh. I hate trends in wedding photography because I know that in ten years, the people that paid top dollar to have stupid ugly textures laid across their pictures are going to really regret their decision. It's a trend that I will never understand. Why on earth do you want to make it look like there are scratches all across a picture of a beautiful bride? No thank you.

4. I am constantly trying to find my voice as a photographer. I had a client meeting the other day where the bride told me about a picture she loved of mine and as she got more excited, explaining the picture, she said, "It just made me want to go outside and get married!" YES. I wish that all of my pictures did this but it's a never ending process of learning and growing. It just makes me happy that I have at least one picture that accomplishes it's goal of making the viewer feel the moment.


HELLO.

Sometimes, it's scary to be inspired. My brain can comprehend wanting to be better, reaching for more, aspiring to be, but my brain can not comprehend how to actually get to those places. I think it's awesome to always want more but I also think it's awesome to appreciate how far you've come and love what you are making in the process; things that are hard for me to do all at one time. I know I'm not where I was two years ago, even a year ago, but I'm nowhere near where I want to be. Looking at images that make me feel alive and like I know these strangers.. I want to take those pictures! How do I do it! Reaching reaching reaching reaching.