Last weekend I was so pleased to partake in a wonderful charity event hosted by the Positive Wellness Alliance. This organization serves people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Davidson, Davie, Forsyth & Yadkin Counties in North Carolina.

The weather this week has been perfect for all my outside sessions. This week I was invited to the home of one of my 2014 couples to shoot their engagement session. The location of your engagement portraits plays a huge role in making them a success. Whenever possible, I plan the sessions in an area that is special to the couple. If that isn't a possibility, or if the couple isn't from this area we still try to match the location to the couples interest. If you are a "city" couple then we know a ton of great city spots with loads of urban buildings, rusty painted stairwells, and walls of shimmering glass. But if you are a country dweller, well we are right at home in an overgrown grass field or in front of a peeling red barn.

This Saturday was the best day of the year (so far) for weather. After finishing a busy morning at the studio I took my niece out for a little walk in the woods with my sister and my children.
      It is really special to share these small moments with my sister. As kids we used to run and play in the woods all the time. There were no video games, and in the summer, when there were leaves on the trees we were lucky to get three or four channels on the T.V. So our summers were spent playing in the woods and fields that surrounded our house.

   Seeing my boys run and play hide-and-seek with Bella brought back so many memories and it made me immensely grateful for the wonderful healthy life that we live. I won't lie, it also made me feel OLD knowing that more or less than 25 years have passed since my sister and I hung out in the forts and paths of our childhood stomping grounds. T.I.M.E. it sure does have a way of skipping along.



Huge thank you to Jennifer Mann, From Jennifer Mann photography for the green umbrella :)