When you think of professional headshots, you might think of studio backdrops and uncomfortable smiles and….well…not really portraits that are something to write home about.  But guess what!  It totally doesn’t have to be that way!  Professional portraits should reflect your personality and who YOU are!  The face behind your profession!  I love that more […]

  If there’s one thing that gets me excited, it’s small businesses.  When people have a dream and a vision and the passion to make it a reality, you can find me standing up in the bleachers cheering my heart out and holding a sign and waving my small business pompoms as big as I […]

  A lifelong career of service to others and to a community is something to be proud of.  Detective Sergeant Daryl Martin has been a part of the Youngstown Police for 35 years, and has dedicated his life to a service of excellence.  And that is something that deserves to be celebrated!  It was an […]

  When Kara first contacted me about portraits for her portfolio, I wasn’t quite sure what to think.  Portraits for a bodybuilder?  How do I do that??  We talked about what she was looking for and I let her know that I had never quite done anything like this, but I was open to trying […]

  You know how it’s hard to sleep the week before Christmas?  That’s kinda how I feel, but because this Wednesday my friend Brittney and I are going on VACA!!  YESSSS!!!  Back when we were supposed to be hearing birds chirping and flowers blooming but it was snowing instead, we said FORGET THIS let’s just […]

  I may be a little biased here, but I think photos are important.  I’m not even talking about formal family portraits, I mean preserving memories and all the little moments in-between the big ones.  When I’m old, I want to look back through photographs (the printed kind, not Facebook albums) and I want to […]