I most likely startled Leah when I first met her; Matt & I were at the gym one evening this past Spring and I saw someone walk by and registered the word “Bolshoi” on her shirt. “SHE’S A BALLERINA!” I didn’t even have my phone with me- I had to borrow Matt’s. But I walked […]

I was sitting in the airport in Vienna, Austria when I was finally able to look at my film scans from the lab. Aware that drawing attention to yourself as a foreigner isn’t the smartest move, it took a lot of self-control to keep from squealing and dancing as I clicked through each new image. […]

Happy happy Monday, my friends! It’s a GORGEOUS spring day outside- all the trees in northern Virginia are in bloom, and I’m having to exercise serious restraint not to run around singing at the top of my lungs. I mean, I do that pretty much all the time in my own house, but it’s doing […]

Things that I do not suggest doing: deciding the DAY BEFORE a shoot that you’re going to “just make” your own 12 foot x 16 foot backdrop. The last time I photographing Christa in studio (remember that pas de deux session?), I did so without any backdrop- just the white cyc wall of the studio itself. […]