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I love Halloween. I’m pretty sure I always have. Any excuse to dress up was just fine by me, but dressing up AND getting free candy? Umm, yes. Sign me up. I’d probably still be willing to do that to be...
View ArticlePersonal Musing (you were warned…)
Oh life. You crazy thing! Before a super incredibly full shooting schedule, before two kids, before directing a musical (!!), before marathon shoot weekends and assistants and interns and injuries and...
View ArticleMy Other OTHER Job — Hi Peanut Photography
Hellooooooooo blog world! So, this one time, before the holidays, I was sitting there telling myself, “Self! It’s time to get the blog cooking again. And not just in the way you say that every post,...
View ArticleConnor Turns Two — Glendora Kids Photography
A lot of people have asked me what happens after kiddos I work with at Hi Peanut graduate out of the program (since it’s only through the first year after birth), and the answer is simple – they come...
View ArticleLauren — El Matador Beach Senior Photography
The truth? Every time I’m at the ocean, I feel like a part of myself sort of just, I don’t know, clicks into place. I feel some deep part of my spirit settle and those needley annoying little things...
View ArticleI Work With Fierce Women
I sat in my living room last night and watched my daughter sword-fight my son. There she was, sporting her comic book style batgirl/wonderwoman undies, her rainbow hearts tshirt, a transformer...
View ArticleHomestead Sessions Rock My Socks Off – Click Here to See Why!
Most people around here know it, but interwebs, if you didn’t already know, my little family and I had to very suddenly relocate to a new home after some pretty scary stuff in May. Through that...
View ArticleIt’s Becoming a Summer Tradition
How many years in a row does something have to happen for it to be considered a “tradition” anyway? Because I’ve worked with the Kusi’s every year since their engagement during the summer time...
View Article#askBrienne
One of the benefits of change is the necessary reflection it creates. Personally, and this probably sounds odd, I’m actually a pretty big fan of change. We get along. I get bored easily so change is...
View ArticleChicago-Bound!
I’m so excited to be traveling again! Being honest? It always comes with a side of mommy-guilt, but when I think about just how much time my husband and I get to spend with our kids, having worked...
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