The nps photography Blog

Resolutions? No, I’m a word of the year kind of gal! Here’s my 2024 word.

My 2024 personal project is The Blur of Motherhood and applications are open!

Photography inspiration can come from many different places, but these coffee tables books are my go to to get my creative juices flowing!

New year’s resolutions aren’t for me, but a WORD to live by? That I can do! My 2023 Word of the Year!

2020 has been a tough year. And many of the normal family holiday activities and festivities have been cancelled. So, I put together a list of Family Holiday Activities and Traditions that are fun and safe for 2020! Many of these activities my family has done throughout the years – sometimes every year! And even […]

A New Job & Business at 40 My degree is in elementary education – but do many people do a job that has to do with their degree? I taught first grade for two years before having my first son and becoming a stay-at-home mom. Then, in late 2012, I started my photography business around […]

Photography isn’t my hobby. It’s my business – my job. A business I built from the ground up through a lot of trail and error…a lot! I have a degree in Elementary Education – not photography, not business. And I know there are a lot of photographers out there that really do it as a […]

These are a Few of My Favorite Things Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…. These are Maria von Trapp’s favorite things! And I recently discovered my husband has NEVER seen “The Sound of Music” – WHAT!?! I’ve probably seen it 100 times…no joke! Ok, back to my favorite things! I wish I could say […]

This is a Tough Season Don’t we all wish our Master Plans for 2020 had gone as planned and not turned into this tough season!!! This popped-up on Insta the other day and it made me think of all the mamas out there. Moms with littles and moms with bigs. Mamas homeschooling. Moms choosing virtual […]

Blogs…how 2006, right? Way back in 2006, I started a blog. Yes, a legit blog. We were getting ready to move to Germany for three years with our three young boys (8, 5 & 4) and I wanted family and friends to be able to follow along on our journey. Let me take you back […]