This blogpost is an introduction to “the new blog.” I decided that my blog was doing pretty much the same thing my flashes of life photography facebook page was doing, so a revamp is in order. From now on, I would like to bring a little more personality into my blog, along with random “my day” observations and photos. Maybe a little bit of education too, for frequently asked questions about photography.

So…a little about me, in case you don’t personally know me! I am told I’m still “newly married,” at two years. I think people say that because
A) I am
B) I act like it
C) My husband Randy acts like it more
Yes, we’re very in-love. :) We live in Clarkston and have a dog.

Said dog, before her new haircut:


Randy and I have hobbies—pretty cool hobbies, if you ask me! We rock climb, mountain bike, snowboard and ski (we met snowboarding, and in case you’re wondering…I AM a better snowboarder…although he’s better at pretty much everything else). We also took up a thing called slack lining recently…it’s pretty much tight-rope-walking across a 1 or 2-inch line. It’s a lot harder than it looks! We are also committed Christians, although that’s not a hobby. It’s more a lifestyle.

I grew up with 6 siblings. The family is still growing. We are now the impressive number of 16! We are very loud, very creative and pretty adventurous too. My mom homeschooled all of us, so you know that little bit of adventure probably came from the parents. You would have to be adventurous to try homeschooling us. We were crazy—and like I said, loud. I remember my brothers jumping their bicycles to see if they could hit a high branch of a tree (with a neighbor kid breaking a bone, I believe), jumping off the pool shed into the pool, and of course telling me “to get power boosted off the trampoline” with the result of my first broken bone!

Said Family: (I am over on the left with my husband Randy)


So, this is the first new post. My other posts will probably have less history and more day-to-day. But hey! If you don't know me, you should probably get an introduction to who I am! To throw into the array of "me," I also LOVE photography. Loving photography stems from loving people. I've been taking photographs of people since I was about 9 years old, when my parents bought their first SLR camera (which I later broke). It was a life-hobby at first, until I just couldn't stop and it turned into a business...and I've never regretted it.