I’ve know Susan for over a year now and when her Mother contacted me to surprise her Family with a photo session I was so excited. It was kind of hard keeping it from Susan as she always figures things out.

The day of the session turned out to be a very cloudy, dark and rainy day.. the crazy part is most people would think that’s a horrible time to take pictures, and it could be, but I chose an area where there are lots of open space.. water and no dark shades. These images have a moody feel to them which for me makes them that extra bit special.

I love these Images. I hope you do too.

Location: Tolmie State Park, Lacey

Sessions Photographed in 2009. I have gone back and selected some of my favorite Images from the past 2 years.

I recognize how my work has changed and I’m learning from mistakes I’ve made. Being a Photographer for the past 5 years has had some enormous ups and downs. I honestly LOVE what I do, but I am also my worst critique.. and delivering products that I am proud of is my first priority. I remember way back in the day in one of my many biographies on my many different blogs I wrote that: ” I would not be happy giving a client a product that I, myself am not 100% satisfied with and proud of. ” This is still my goal today.

It has taken many years and many mistakes to be the person/photographer I am today.

This is how I speak, this is my language. I am fortunate to have visited, resided in many different states, different countries. I’ve realized that each state has it’s own “language”… I don’t always speak the right language, I am not always able to express my true feelings, my true meaning. I am thankful for photography. I am grateful for a talent that I’ve come to realize is so precious.

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I photographed this session at the end of 2009. I have great memories from South Carolina (where these were photographed) and it makes me happy to look at these images. I’ll be posting a few old sessions.. sessions that’s never been shared on this blog.

I loved that little Children cottage in the garden. I wish I could build something like that. Lately i’ve been doing some building of my own. I”ll share images once I am done. I am making Abigail some frames for her playroom.

Location: Children’s Garden, Columbia, SC