COFFEE TALK TUESDAY | Renaissance | Decatur IL Churches

On pretty much every Sunday morning, you can find me at my second home... my church, Renaissance.  On most of THOSE Sundays, I will have a camera in my hand capturing moments from the morning.  It is a unique experience for me because it takes me into a place where I am familiar, yet unfamiliar, because everyone's reason for being at church is different and can evoke a different emotional response.  It's a time where I have to find the balance between visualizing the emotion behind the moments while being sensitive to the subject within the frame at the time I snap the shutter.

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SPECIAL EDITION FRIDAY | 10 years

Around this time 10 years ago, my then fiancé and I were celebrating our upcoming wedding with our friends.  We were enjoying our respective bachelor/bachelorette party's and just loving life.  We were young -- 21 and 22 -- still in college and excited to go on our honeymoon to San Diego where we were completely planning on spending our wedding money we would get a few days later.  

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COFFEE TALK TUESDAY | Meet my Second

Most of my wedding clients know that I offer a secondary photographer for the big day.  Being that my focus is documenting the day as a whole, having the second photographer helps me feel at ease that I haven't missed a thing!

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REAL LIFE | The Root of the Issue

When I was younger, I would call my grandma Ellie after a big argument or fight I had with my mom.  At the time, I was simply looking for someone to hear me out, to side with me.  Looking back, I realize I had deeper issues that I wanted so desperately for someone to see, bring to the surface and help me face head on.  Unfortunately, that moment hasn't really happened yet even in my 30s.

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