"Mom" and "wife" are my absolute favorite hats to wear, and when I don't have a Nikon around my neck, you can find me at the gym we own, Clinch Valley CrossFit, or you can find me working with Clinch River Marketing. I'm a lover of a top shelf margarita (salt rim please), living it up on Norris Lake here in East Tennessee, and dreaming about going back to my favorite place on earth- Kauai. I taught high English for eleven years and believe photography is my poetry. Each image a fraction in time standing still conjuring emotion beckoning us to reflect and feel.

I'll never take it for granted that I have photographed the new life of a fresh newborn, a groom tearing up in a first look when he turns to see his wife, or the incessant giggles of a toddler being tossed by her daddy into the sunlight. I'm obsessed with all kinds of light and believe that photography is mostly about connection- how I connect to my people and how my people connect with each other. I smile and laugh a lot during a shoot because a.) life's too short to not have fun and b.) positive energy is contagious. I always knew my senior superlative as "Class Clown" would come in handy. ;)