It’s hard to believe, but Julie is already two months old! It’s been a fun and difficult two months with my newest little one. While in some respects she is totally healthy and happy, she has also struggled with some lingering breathing issues left over from birth and severe reflux. Never again will I ever [...]
A few days ago I wrote a blog post about how my photography isn’t all about photoshop. I truly believe that in order to provide a strong final product, you have to have a strong raw product to begin with. Too many photographers are scared to show their straight out of camera shots. It’s kind [...]
Anyone interested in doing a Valentine’s Boudoir session? You gotta e-mail me personally, and quickly, because I’m only doing a handful of these next week in anticipation of Valentine’s Day. Products from these sessions make absolutely perfect gifts for your significant other. They are totally fun, totally flirtatious and really quite sexy. I know it’s [...]
Rebecca is my wonderful assistant. Seriously, she keeps me working at a consistent pace on a wedding day and I’d be much more disorganzied if it wasn’t for her. I adore her! She is also an aspiring photographer who is taking a slow-and-steady pace towards her development as a photographer. Recently her husband Jake started [...]
If you have children then you know that if it gets quiet they are getting into trouble. It’s just how it is; especially with toddlers.
Today, I was making lunch when it was eerily quiet in the house. Julie was in her swing taking a nap, but Maggie was no where to be found. A quick [...]
The last two weeks have been a bit arduous for me.
I’m a mom of a little newborn and a rambunctious 3 year old, I have a business to run, a household to keep, and I’m still recovering from two surgeries in the last 8 weeks. But add in the fact that my husband, Jason, headed [...]
Last spring I was commissioned by South Sound Wedding & Event Magazine to photograph the actual engagement between Talis and Marla at the Tacoma Art Museum. The museum had gone to great lengths to arrange the actual engagement set-up and everything was prepared to present the ring to Marla as an actual museum exhibit. South [...]
I have to admit that doing bridal shows isn’t necessarily my favorite thing in the world to do. It’s uncomfortable trying to dish out exactly what I do and how I do it in 20 seconds or less without sounding like a used car salesman. The honest truth is that I love my job, I [...]
A few months ago, Seattle Bride Magazine did an article for the Fall/Winter 2009 edition of the magazine that was really eye opening. They sent a guy who was “pretty handy with a camera” off with the true professionals at John & Joseph Photography to articulate the differences in what a consumer would get with [...]
2009 was an amazing year for me. Not only did the year see the new addition to my family, but I also saw my business grow by leaps and bounds. Never in my wildest dreams did I image that my photography studio would grow, prosper and touch so many lives in such a short amount [...]