Portrait Masters

Mar 26, 2019

Competitions are a way for me to challenge myself and push my skills and creativity to new heights. Some are also a necessary means to a different end... accreditations. While IPC offers me the opportunity to earn my Masters in Photography, Portrait Masters offers their own multi tiered level of mastery and accreditation. This past February, I entered 15 images in the Portrait Masters competition with a goal of having all 15 images merit, earning points towards my accreditation. I am happy to ...

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Humble - Happy - Hungry

Jan 26, 2019

This past year has been somewhat surreal. It all started one year ago when I entered a handful of images into a competition. This competition was part of a conference I was attending for high school senior photographers. I walked away from that conference with 5 merits, 3 First Place finishes, a Second Place finish, Best of Show and Senior Photographer of the Year! I was shocked and humbled with all the awards and to be honest, one year later, I'm still not sure that it has all ...

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Traveling Dresses - FOUR

Jan 02, 2019

This dress, number four in a series of six traveling dresses, comes from Karen of Karen Nicole Photography in Hazel Green, Alabama. Karen's dress, which is absolutely adorable, was purchased from Amazon.com. After photographing this dress, I ordered a similiar one from Amazon to add to my style closet!  My lovely model is Miss Meagan Robbins. Meagan is a 2019 senior from New Hope High School. My guess is that Meagan is every teachers dream student. Meagan is the current President ...

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Just Dance!

Oct 31, 2018

One of my favorite photography sessions, that I look forward to each year, is photographing The Factory's competition dance team. This group of talented young dancers are a JOY to work with! The teams descipline and hard work is evident as they continue to win awards! Each year the studio owner, Nohealani Naehu and I, work together to come up with a specific theme for the full body photos. These photos are then displayed on the studio wall for the competition year. The goal of the full ...

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