Heartland Huskies Gallery

I love that I get to take all the sports photos for our local school – Heartland Community Schools – especially now that my kids are in junior high and high school! All photos are free to download and share; there is also a store attached to the gallery where you can order prints or […]

Photography literally means “painting with light”. Good light can make or break a photo. Five years ago, I would’ve said that good light wasn’t important; moments are all that matter; a good photographer can shoot in any kind of light. Now…I’ve kind of changed my mind: light is important, the best moment in blah light […]

  Hey hey! You know what is the most tedious thing in the world? Writing a blog post for each individual family after I’ve already posted on Instagram and Facebook. But I want to share your beautiful photos and smiles and love, so maybe if I just do a whole round-up four times a year […]

Awesome maternity photo session!! Cody was really easy to work with, and she totally understood that a 2 year old may not sit in a pose for longer than 1 second!! I would totally recommend her for any photo needs!!! I will plan to use her again in the near future!!!

-Heather

Each time I am blown away at what she catches! Her eye for seeing a different perspective always surprises me when I get pictures back! I would recommend her over and over. You get quality memories and nothing ever gets complicated. It all feels very comfortable and laid back during the shoots.

-Meghan

Does it sound desperate if I beg you to hire me for a storytelling newborn session? Yes? Well…I’m begging all of you with newborns to do a storytelling session, because I really really love them. I know it’s not quite “a thing” yet and you’re probably too sleep deprived to even think about getting your […]

Meet my niece, Whitney! She was born at the end of January and it is so fun to have a baby in the family again! This makes 8 cousins: 3 boys and 5 girls. My kids aren’t super interested in babies, but they really like hanging out with their 2-year-old cousin now that she can […]

Right now, we have less than 3 weeks of school left this year. (Really, we should be getting out a week earlier, but we had tons of snow days, so now we get out 5 days before Memorial Day. But that’s another topic…) This was my first year with all my kids in school full […]

As a new photographer, and even now, one of my favorite things to read is what gear other photographers use and why they like it. I’m pretty sure I get my gear obsession and love of shiny new things from my dad 🙂 and what I shoot is a big part of my style today. […]

Since 1956, Heartland Community School (formerly Henderson) has hosted a band fundraiser called Smorgasbord. It’s the only fundraiser for band each year and helps to pay for new uniforms, travel, and so on. Smorgasbord is defined as a buffet of a wide variety of foods…in Henderson, that means German food (and all the calories that […]