Kaylin

This was my very first baby portrait session, and it was quite the experience. As It turns out, 8 month olds really are a trick to photograph and are quite entertaining when trying to get them to cooperate. Kaylin is a really sweet, easy going baby that really made this first shoot memorable and enjoyable. I never have been too much for posing, so her flailing and rolling around only added to the pictures and made her personality really shine through.























I threw this one is here because the look of terror on the dog's face was hilarious.

children's portraits

I've recently expanded my portfolio to include children's portraits! Every portrait shoot is on location at either your house, or wherever you would like to go. This allows us to photograph the children joyfully in their own environment the way that you'll always remember them, even after they've grown. Click on the jpeg below to open up the 2009 pricing list.

Katie

I had the chance last weekend to venture out on a senior portrait session with Katie. Thinking it was going to be a freezing cold morning shoot, I bundled up with gloves and all but soon abandoned them after it reached practically 70 degrees. It was a great day and turned out to be an awesome shoot for Katie, my lovely model for the day. She and her mom have such great easy going personalities. It was really a joy to work with them and spend the morning running all over the park and downtown Huntington. She was so photogenic (despite what she thought) that it proved pretty easy to click off one great picture after another of her. Most seniors like to get their pictures done in the spring/summer months so it was a breath of fresh air to do it in the fall. The leaves were beautiful and vibrant (what ones were left anyways) and the atmosphere just made it great for us. Here's some of the pictures so you can see what I'm talking about...

Holly and Jared

This was a great wedding to shoot on several different levels. Holly is one of the most relaxed and easy going brides that I've ever met. Not only that, but she was beautiful to boot, so how can you go wrong with that? Jared was cool and relaxed, and a pretty good looking guy himself, so the two of them really were a pair. They really had a great chemistry between them that just shined when you were around them. Holly had recently taken a government job in Texas, but they came back to West Virginia not too many days before the wedding, just to share it with their family and friends. I had never been to the church were the wedding took place, and it really was an amazing space. It was laid out like a labyrinth and it didn't take me long to get lost during the rehersal. Mercifully, I was able to get my bearings for the wedding and was where I needed to be. They will definitely be happy together and I'm glad we were able to be a lasting past of their special day. Here's a random sampling of what our day was like...


I thoroughly enjoy when couples see each other before the ceremony. You get these great moments when they see each other for the first time...alone...and not in front of hundreds of people, and they express the joy of the moment all by themselves.

A little bit about me

I'm not quite as young as I look, and no, it's not a perm... That will pretty much sum up my first impression on people. I went to high school in a small, private Christian school in Greenbrier County. And when I say small, I mean tiny...imagine a graduating class of 7. It was practically like being home schooled, but I turned out ok for the most part. It wasn't until college that I was really able to open up and meet people. I was originally planning on a career in zoology. I love animals, always have. When I was in elementary school I would have my mom wake me up at 6am on Saturday mornings so that I could watch National Geographic for the hour that it was on, in the hope that a special about animals would be playing. When you only had 2 tv channels it wasn't too often that you got to watch that kind of thing.
Fate took me in a different direction a couple years into school though, and I ended up as a fine art major. It was a jump, but I found another love. It wasn't long before I was recommended for a fine art scholarship from one of my professors; I'll never forget her and how she inspired me. I tried everything, from pen and ink drawings, pencil, paint, construction paper, graphic design, and eventually the time came for photography. This was different than taking snapshots of your family and friends on vacation; it was fine art photography. It makes you think of things differently, and it ended up changing my life. Not only was it a new medium to express myself, but it's also where I met my assistant and love of my life, Lizzy. I still maintained my love of nature which is reflected in much of my photography. Here you'll see the wild Kira in her natural habitat (on her beanbag).


I graduated from Marshall with a senior show consisting of 5 images, each 7 feet long. A couple of which I'll show you here...



Lizzy and I actually modeled for these.

Shortly after I graduated I shot a friend's wedding, who had her mind set on me, even though I had no experience whatsoever in weddings. The shoot went really well and I decided to run with the idea of doing weddings from that day forward. Thank you Brittany for igniting my passion for wedding photography! Just being able to be such an important part of a couple's most memorable day is an honor. I live and work by the motto: if you're going to do it, do it well. I'm always striving to learn new techniques and ways of improving my own. With busy wedding seasons coming up, I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Lindsay and Jared

This is one of my fovorite couples of all time. I had the opportunity to shoot their engagment pictures, and we had a great ol time sneaking into Heritage Farm for a little after hours session. We really got to know these two during the shoot and got a great feel for their personalities, which are pretty awesome. This is one of the reasons I offer engagement shoots with all of my packages. The time I get to spend with them and get to know them is priceless. The best part is that it helps me get even better pictures on the wedding day when we're in tune with each other. Sometimes you even make some good friends in the process. Lindsay and Jared have such a bond with each other and you really see that when they're together. It's one of those things where you can tell that they are meant to be. Seriously, just look at them...
















I know they'll have a happy life together and I'm sure I'll be keeping in touch with them down the road.