laura and carl

Laura is my friend Gena's daughter who's getting married in about 3 weeks. They asked me if I would shoot the wedding along with catering several wedding events at the Palette. I was thrilled with all of the requests and went out to their beautiful home last weekend to tie up all of the loose ends. Although Laura and her fiance Carl hadn't chosen to do an engagement session, while I was there and they had these cool old barns on the propoerty - we figured why not? I'm looking so forward to the wedding!

paint snow hill

this past weekend was paint snow hill - it's a plein air painting event that attracts artists from all over the east coast. The event is sponsored and planned by bishop's stock fine art and fine craft gallery. my friend ann coates is the owner and 5 years ago when the event started, she asked me if I would wander around town and capture the artists in action. well this year was the biggest yet and I had a great time "stalking" all of the artists in and around snow hill.

at the podium

about 3 months ago members of the ocean pines camera club came to eat at the restaurant and asked me to come speak at one of their meetings. I said sure, but didn't really think anything would come of it until about a month ago when a member emailed me to confirm. well last night was their meeting and I was terrified! public speaking is... shall we say a small phobia of mine, but it was so cool. it surprised me how I can forget why I love photography so much - what turned me on to it to begin with. by sharing my story and the things I've learned along the way, I rediscover why photography is such a huge part of my life and how it has been for over 20 years. I'd like to thank the camera club for helping me to creatively kickstart myself and realize how lucky I am that I get to take photos everyday.