10 Ways to Manage Stress
It’s the most wonderful time of the year….and the most stressful. But who are we kidding, all of 2020 has been stressful. It has brought a lot of uncertainty, loss of the way life was, and maybe even loss of someone close to you by a breakup, divorce, or even death. Someone very close to me died in October and it’s hard. Sometimes stress and grief go hand-in-hand. So let’s talk about stress and tools to manage it. I’ve learned to manage stress as a small business owner, as a survivor of a near-fatal car wreck, and surviving a very toxic relationship.
5 Reasons You Need a Personal Branding Session
Personal Branding sessions are a more elaborate headshot session with multiple looks for the various platforms where your brand or personal brand is represented. It comes down to what do you want people to think, see and feel when they look at your image: power, approachability, confidence, leadership, or all of the above. It comes down to what do you want your pictures to say about you in your branding.
Product Spotlight - The Legacy Folio Box
The main product in my studio for the package options is the Legacy Folio Box. This folio box holds the Print Collection you purchase. I call it a legacy folio box because it holds the professional prints that are matted and ready for framing, and those prints become part of your legacy for the rest of time.
Why Black Lives Matter (Now and Always Have)
B.R.O.K.E.N. is the name of this artwork that I created in 2015. I hesitated to use this image as it was originally created about a broken heart, not a broken system. It also looks violent but it is really meant to express beauty in darkness;
to express, once cracked open we can heal.
Here's the truth about our country -
Photography as a Gift
“What gifts can I get my loved ones to show them how much they mean to me?” Perfect gifts are the things or moments that can be cherished for a long time and match to the person whom you are giving it to. Why not consider thinking out of the box and who knows you might also love it too.
LadyLike Leaders Summit: Recap
Earlier this month I had the honor of speaking at the Lady Like Leaders Women’s Symposium,
Lady Up + Don’t Quit.
If you weren't able to attend, I'd still love the chance to share the highlights from my talk. Enjoy!
How to Capture the Best Dating App Profile Pictures
If you’re uncertain about dating online, trust me, I was a little reluctant as well. Dating is an initial or start of having a sturdy relationship. There are many reasons that dating site helps every user in different ways. The usage of the site sometimes depends on the perception of people who use it.
Despite, here are 4 things to consider when you put yourself out into the world of online dating.
Rachel's Story of Transformation
Today, I wanted to share Rachel’s story. I asked her to write a blog about our time together and why it was important to her to create art and capture all the different facets of herself in a portrait session. Her story is painfully beautiful.
3 Reasons to Photograph Life Transitions
Promotions, divorce, weight loss, starting a new career path, reinventing yourself, reaching milestones—are you sensing a theme?
Yes, transitions! So many of my clients come to me in periods of transition and it has me thinking. What about transitions is so powerful to us? Why are we so compelled to invest in documenting these moments? I’ve had the opportunity to witness so many beautiful moments in my studio simply by listening to my clients’ stories. From these stories, I’ve come up with 3 possible reasons we are so compelled to photograph life’s transitions.
11 Best Portrait Photographers in Nashville
I'm lucky #7 on the Peerspace's top 11 Portrait Photographers in Nashville. Woo hoo!! I was so grateful when I saw this list as there are some very talented photographers included and some with very different styles from me. Not all portraiture is the same. It can be a very diverse genre and it's cool to see all the visual creatives in town with different philosophies. Here's what they said about my work and brand:
Maternity Shoots
“Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.” – Harriette Hartigan
That's amazing and a moment in life that deserves to be ceased and captured.
Seeing Your Beauty
At my core, my passion is transformation and empowerment. It is the ability to see others’ beauty and strength then bring it out and capture it. Through a single photoshoot, a woman can be introduced and sometimes reconnected to something she did not know existed within her. Bringing that forward and capturing it on paper is the greatest gift I can give a person.
My mission in life is clear - to lift others up through photography. Photography is the medium; the purpose goes deeper than snapping a photograph.
Is Your Headshot Costing You Business?
First impressions matter. These days, your first impression is often on the web. When a potential client, employer, vendor, or referral source looks at your website, your LinkedIn profile, your Facebook page, or a printed marketing piece with your headshot on it, that person will immediately make a judgment about you and your business. This judgment will affect your bottom line. I’ve had clients say that updating headshots has helped get new business, and when headshots are done for the whole company, it also boosts morale.
How do you Hustle?
“I will be at the top because I hustle. Ain’t nothing going to stop me because I hustle.”
So the question is, how do you Hustle?
50 and Fabulous Photoshoot
As women, we are always so hard on ourselves so I like to try and turn that conversation around by changing the perspective with photographs and sometimes questions.
There are many reasons to have a photoshoot. One of those is reaching a milestone in life like turning 50. I am not 50 but I've always had close friends quite a bit older than me. One of the reasons is because I've always strived to be wise beyond my years, and I want to learn from them.