Introduction: I've spent hours upon hours pondering the reasons behind why I enjoy clicking the shutter. The crisp click sends chills up my arm and the corners of my mouth crack a smile when I know I've captured exactly what I'm after. My children are usually on the other side of the camera. I can't imagine missing a second. I realized after my first daughter was born that it was my most desperate longing desire to breathe in and remember every moment of each day of her childhood. Then my son came along. And my littlest munchkin, another girl. And I spend each day trying to grasp time and freeze it for just a moment so I could savor it a little longer. My lens does this, for my family, and many others. My goal is to grab those precious moments, those priceless giggles, those mended boo boo's, those dreamy embraces, raw and authentic, pure and unrehearsed and give them to clients so they can truly see the love they have in their life. Reflecting Grace focuses on capturing real smiles and giggles. I'm after the way only he makes her laugh. The way she looks up at momma and her eyes light up. The way daddy melts, when she smiles up at him. In my work samples you'll see a range of work, and while I capture outside of lifestyle; the heart and passion of my business is capturing unrehearsed pure moments of love and joy. My favorite part of photography is oddly not the shutter snapping, or the creative edits... it's the moment I reveal images to a client and their eyes water, their lips tremble, and they're speechless.
My final thought I'll leave you with is the description I share with clients when they are considering reserving a session with Reflecting Grace. I poured over this for days on end to find the right words to express just what my style and passion for photography aims to accomplish. I'll share it with you ...
"They smile. You melt. Their first cry makes your world crumble. You snuggle and cuddle, trying to savor each moment. Days. Weeks. Months. Time unrestrained, has them growing faster than your heart can handle. Your love grows beyond measure. The moments you savored so sweetly are memories held dear. And yet if only you could picture the way they looked when you held them. The way they drowned themselves in laughter wrestling with dad. If I could stop time and freeze that moment, that memory, for even just a second, so you could see it once more, crystal clear, it would be....priceless."
Its a privilege and honor to capture joy and love and hand it to my clients. Capturing their family blesses me as much as it does them.
