As I sit here, on Thanksgiving Eve, trying to understand how suddenly it’s already Thanksgiving….I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. Yes, overwhelmed by the work that naturally comes with the wrap up of the busy portrait and wedding season and rush and madness that is the holidays, but more than that, overwhelmed by how unbelievably thankful that I am have this much work, these wonderful clients that have been soo faithful to me for soo many years, to love what I do and to have such a blessed life. If you know me well, you know that thankfulness and gratitude are a HUGE deal to me. I think that if people would just STOP for a minute and realize how good we really have it and have a genuine attitude of thanksgiving and gratefulness for their life, their family, their home, their health, their friends, a warm bed to sleep in, food to eat, a free country to live in, a job to be good at and all that they have, I am 100% sure that the world would be a different place with MUCH less hatred, anger, bitterness and pain. That’s why I love Thanksgiving. One day, where we stop and just revolve around being THANKFUL. On this Thanksgiving, I just want to say THANK YOU to all of my wonderful clients for your business. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to do what I love…which is photograph happy people and capture joy. Happy Thanksgiving, from my family to yours! (photos courtesy of my lovely friend, Jamie Sangar with Jamie Sangar Photography!)

Every year, there is a day when I am out photographing and it’s a noticable turning point in the weather. The wind has a bite to it and never really seems to end, the leaves are mostly gone and the trees are noticably bare, there is either a crunch or a squish everywhere you walk, fall has come to a close…and winter is knocking on the door. It was THAT day. And I felt bad because I had a day full of shoots and noone really wants to be outside having fun and being cute when they are freezing and being blown away! So, I felt bad for these sweet Rettig girls…I really did. As you will see though, they were serious troopers through it all! Ellen, Thank you for your patience , help and bribes in order to get great smiles! I hope that “biggest waffle cone EVER” with gummy bears and m&m’s was REALLY great, Mia! Despite the cold and wind….we got tons of great images of these SUPER adorable girls and I really did enjoy my time with them!! Thanks soo much, Ellen, Caroline, Cate & Mia for being soo wonderful to work with!