I believe in setting a goal and achieve it! I strive to learn and achieve every day. I love my clients and the wonderful friends I have made through my days of photography. I look forward to meeting more of you! My photography is a mix of lifestyle, art, and portraiture. My portrait sessions are $349 and include the digital files of the images I feel are the best from the session. My weddings star
t at 2500 Please call me to schedule your session today. MY story... is what makes me capture your stories the way that I do. Photography is more than just a job to me. I believe it is so important to capture lives little and big moments in everyday possible. I am fortunate enough to possess the talents to be able to help those around me capture amazing mile stones, moments, and everything in-between. Here is my story if you would like to read it. Ok…I am going to do this! In the past when I have started business or updated my profiles, I have intentionally left off the little about me section. I just always figured my work would speak for itself and well to be honest, I really didn’t know what to say. I don’t really like writing about myself. I would read others to get ideas and sit and say…man I wish I could be that clever and cute. Truth be told…I am not clever or cute when it comes to writing. But this time around I was determined to do this. So here it goes. A little about what makes me tick and motivates me. I was born an artist. I know you have heard people say that but it is true. I spent years and years trying NOT to be an artist. Being creative and artistic defiantly helped me when it came time to school or work projects and it sure did come in handy when I didn’t plan a gift. But other than that, I pretty much ignored it. I was told at one point when I was young, that there was no money in art and that I needed to work a real job…so that is what I did. I have held positions as an International Paralegal, a Marketing Manager, and then a Training Specialist for FEMA before I finally gave into my given talents and turned full time artsy. Two significant events landed me where I am today and have molded me into the type of photographer that I have become. I had an obsession with taking pictures of my family and events for many years. Not on a professional level but on a Mom level. I have the boxes and boxes of pictures to attest to that. I used to just take the once a year family picture at whatever place was having a sale and then a few here and there of special events. In 1995 my camera gear was stolen. Shortly after that, I gave birth to a cute little boy we named Kyle. When Kyle was two months old he passed away. What was a very sad time for our family became even more heart wrenching to me, when I realized that I had only 3 pictures of my little boy to remember him by. No photos of little toes, and fingers, little smiles, or bright eyes. No pictures of me holding him at all. I learned then, the importance of capturing as many of life’s little moments as I could. I became quite the candid photographer mommy but never thought of anything professional. That was until 2001. In 2001 life for many of us changed forever. Shortly after the tragic events of 9/11, my husband was called to active duty. For the first time in our marriage, we were separated and I was getting ready to give birth to our 5th…yes 5th child. Sarah was born in 2002 and with my husband gone and raising a family alone, I left the job that I loved at FEMA and found myself a stay at home mom. Feeling a bit out of place and not sure how to handle not being a career woman anymore, I decided to go back to my natural talents and start creating art. It started with paining and working with galleries and ended with a camera in my hand learning how to create art with the lens. It is hard to explain how I really feel about photography. Photography felt natural from the start and after learning the technical details of my equipment, it felt even more amazing. My favorite moments are the in between moments. The moments when people don’t realize you are photographing them and they kiss, laugh, smile, play in the sand, and well just act natural. I specialize in true lifestyle photography. I will spend several hours with my clients and take pictures of them just being themselves. While I do believe in getting a few great posed images, I love to capture my clients in real raw form. I strive for the tears. Yes, I like to make my clients cry and when they do, I can guarantee you will see tears in my eyes as well. I am a mussy geek. I have had the wonderful pleasure of making very many wonderful people welt up in tears. While, I realize that this is more than the paragraph I was going to force myself to write, I hope that it gives you a little insight into my world and how much I love to capture moments for a lifetime of enjoyment. I am looking forward to bringing more tears to more eyes every day
Much love,
Amy
