Take A Peek Thru My Lens...

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 I want to spark self love and self image improvement by offering a comfortable and positive photography service. There's nothing like feeling so confident and beautiful/handsome. Bottom line, just loving  what you see when you look in the mirror. Our body and image isn't  something we're supposed to be ashamed of, nor are we to hide behind a  false sense of self worth. I know I can't change your mindset, but by sharing my story, and hopefully with the help of a few tricks up my  sleeve, I can make an appointment with you something that gives you some  sparkle and plants a seed of confidence you can water with every step  you take out of my door. Until I get to open up an "Imperfection Studio"  where I invite you to celebrate our perfect Imperfections, I'm growing my portfolio, and spreading sunshine in the meantime. I hope to be able  to capture all sorts of life events and special moments with as many  people as I'm blessed to work with. The title of "Lifestyle Photography"  fits my dreams and interests best as of now, but we'll see where life  takes me! - "Us"...if you'd like to join me and get encouragement to  follow your dreams and discover what treasure, lay in the path ahead of  you. Your life is just waiting for YOU to live it. Even if you don't  know who "YOU" are yet, each day is a new chance to figure it out. And  just between you and me...authenticity looks good on you, hun! Embrace it. I promise it's worth it. And so are you!  

Through different seasons in life, how I view myself, my body, my self-worth, my ability, my talent, my beauty, and my value have been difficult things to accept. Finding Christ, and igniting a desire to live out a Godly character - my perception of my image is changing yet again... and has been another wild ride that's just beginning. Holding onto the fact that I am fearfully and wonderfully made in my heavenly father's image...and that His work is good and wonderful, kind of makes me breathless. It's such a validating and encouraging truth that I get to claim and live every day. His grace and love are sufficient and life-giving. He knows my heart, and STILL chooses to call me by name. I'm stepping out in faith, pushing myself out of my comfort zone a bit, and finally pursuing a dream I've not been confident enough to chase until now. Accepting and loving the "me" that i'm growing into Christ as, and walking away from all the stereotypes and requirements society demands of a young adult, looking to make her mark on the world. I want to capture life. The people around me. The souls God created and calls His beloved. The bodies we were given to take us through this life. The eyes that take in the world around us. The hearts that feel and connect us to one another. The accomplishments and milestones we celebrate in. The relationships we create and delight in. The nature, gifted to us, we get to experience. Though this earth may not be my home...I can't help but admire the perks of living in such a time as this. I know it's all for a purpose, and there's a plan. My calling as of now feels to live in it and show His love by loving others.

Just a girl and a camera, looking to capture Gods perfection in this imperfect world. Follow along, get inspired, and share the love.

 From  probably the moment, I figured out how to take a photo on an old flip  phone...I've loved being able to click the camera, and what I see is  captured in a frozen frame. My first personal camera was a little pink  Sony digital camera that I documented my life on, back in elementary  school. Not to mention, I grew up with big, thick photo albums around,  full of family memories and events. I still, to this day, love being  able to sit down and flip thru a book showcasing life and encapsulating  moments in time. My grandma used to have a black little camera she'd  pull out and snap a pic of my sisters and I playing, or a deer peeking  into the back porch out the glass slider. My other grandmother would  pull her camera out at get togethers, family reunions, and Christmas.  Photos, cameras, and photography just seem to be something that I grew  up with. It's comforting, soothing, familiar, even nostalgic at times. I  love seeing big photo prints in the art building at our community  college. Visiting people and them having a photo wall instantly grabs my  attention, and I want to go admire and hear about the stories behind  the photos. The saying is a picture speaks 1,000 words, but I like to  think it's also maybe about what you could say...and decide to take a  photo instead. 

Psalm 139:14-15 - I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

What an empowering and validating and defining statement, found in the core of scripture. I love it. Its so moving, and something I wholeheartedly believe in. Regardless of your spiritual and/or religious affiliation, I think we can all agree, we are human beings, all imperfect, yet so perfectly unique to ourselves, that its something in and of itself to be celebrated and shared. Let our diversity bring us together. We're all different, and that, we all have in common. I want my work to highlight that. I want your photos to remind you, of that. You're perfection, just by being imperfectly, you! Its true... Don't just take my word for it, let the pictures speak for themselves!