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shutterfly feature

September 24, 2008 – 1:51 pm

Look what popped up on my Google Alerts today!

One of the editors from Shutterfly contacted me a few months ago. They had seen my Year In Review album that I made for mom last year in their gallery and wanted to feature it on their site. I thought it would just be a picture of my album on the front page of the gallery section with a link or something, but they actually did an interview with me and everything. Click on the image above to go to the Shutterfly webpage and there is a whole article there. So fun! I was actually surprised to see it on there today because I didn’t think it was going to be up there for another couple months, but it was a happy surprise! I’ve been dying to share this and now that it’s online I can. :)

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rachel’s baby shower

August 18, 2008 – 2:12 am




Rachel’s Baby Shower, Zeeland, MI. Rachel is so beautiful pregnant. So cute with her little baby belly. It was so great to see her family and spend the afternoon with them on Sunday celebrating the little boy who’ll be arriving in a month. I’m sure I’ll soon have pictures of the little one to share.

Also fun to have three of my brides together!
I photographed Rachel’s wedding in July 2004 …

… and her sis-in-law Julie’s wedding in the fall of 2004.

Then in February 2007, Becky married Rachel’s brother Jeff.


Up next … Sarah and Joel’s slideshow.

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CHA 2008

July 25, 2008 – 2:03 pm

Spent last weekend in Chicago with some of my scrapbooking friends from the Heather Ann Designs design team. It was my first time meeting these girls and they were just as I thought they would be. So nice and genuine and as in love with telling our stories through photography and scrapbooking as I am.

While there, we attended the Craft and Hobby Association trade show at the convention center. I don’t know how many of you who read this blog are into scrapbooking, but let me just say that there are some amazing new products coming out this year. I am actually more of a digital scrapbooker now, but the paper supplies were not lost on me. I will always LOVE paper products.

We also attended a wonderful breakfast hosted by Shutterfly and had the privilege of listening to Mike MacDonald share some of his nature photography and give us a little talk. I haven’t really gotten that into nature photography, but his work is beautiful and his words inspired me to stop and look at my surroundings and pay a little closer attention to my composition. It’s always inspiring to hear someone speak about something they’re so passionate about. He was overflowing with love for photography. I feel the same way!

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outta here again!

July 16, 2008 – 12:09 pm

I’m gone a lot this month, huh? I leave tomorrow for CHICAGO!!!! Meeting up with some friends there for a few days!
I will be back Monday. If you need to reach me while I’m gone, please email me or leave me a voicemail at 616.822.7586. I promise to share some pictures of my recent getaways when I get back. Here’s one from the bay in Petoskey.

Have a wonderful weekend! I know I will!

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happy 4th of July. I’m outta here!

July 5, 2008 – 1:57 am

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. I’m off for a few days with the girls to recuperate from my busy May/June, but I will return to work on July 10th. Please feel free to email me or call 616.822.7586 and leave a voicemail while I’m gone. I’ll get back to you on Thursday!

I just have to say that the weddings I have been a part of this year so far have been so wonderful. I’m getting so excited for 2009 weddings already and I’m not even through 2008 yet! Now is the best time to book for your ’09 wedding, by the way, especially if your date is in June because my June always fills up pretty far in advance. And don’t forget about Valentine’s Day 2009 being on a Saturday. That will be a hot date, too.

Ok, I’m off. Be back Thursday. :)

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florida 2008

May 6, 2008 – 11:16 am

As promised, I posted a bunch of pictures from our family vacation to Florida over on my Flickr page. We had so much fun! Our first big family vacation! I took many more pictures than I shared, but I’ll be working on a little vacation album soon, so I’ll share that when it’s finished, too. :)

Hope everyone’s having a wonderful week! The weather here is gorgeous! In the high 70′s today. Almost as nice as Florida was. ;)

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the happiest place on earth

April 14, 2008 – 11:08 pm

Did you miss me? I spent the past week in sunny Florida with my family. We took the kids to Disney for the first time and they loved it! It will take me a few days to recuperate and get caught up on things. I’ll be sharing some pictures from our trip, of course, as well as a fun engagement session I shot in Clearwater Beach, FL on Friday. :)

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what’s in a name?

April 1, 2008 – 12:06 pm

a picture’s worth photography

To me, pictures are one of the most important things in my life. I’ve had a camera since I was about ten years old, I think, and I have books and books full of pictures from elementary school through high school and college and onto marriage, travel and my kiddos. My pictures are worth so much to me. I look at them and I’m instantly transported to a different time in my life. My first crush, slumber parties with friends, life in the college dorm, being a newlywed, living in Germany, traveling around Europe, our first home, the days my son and daughter were born. If not for pictures, I may have forgotten a lot of the details of these times in my life. I cherish these photos and believe so much in the importance of photography.

When I was trying to come up with a name for my business several years ago, I kept thinking about what I wanted it to represent – how important photography is to me. I toyed with a lot of names and considered using my own name as so many photographers do, but in the end I decided on “A Picture’s Worth” because of how much I value my pictures. They are priceless in my eyes. Photography captures moments, freezes time forever, there in that image. A father glancing at his daughter just before he walks her down the aisle, the first time the groom sees his bride coming toward him, the joy on the newlyweds faces as their minister says “I now pronounce you husband and wife.” These are moments that go by so quickly and to be able to capture them is one of the greatest joys of my life.

Most of the pictures I post here are my recent wedding/portrait work, so I’ve decided to start sharing some of the pictures I have taken through the years so you can get to know me a little better. I apologize in advance for the quality since a lot of them are film and I’m scanning them in. :)

Thought I’d start with this scrapbook page I did last year of some pictures from my trip to Italy with my college roomie Julie. Jake and I lived in Germany in 1997 while he was stationed in the Army so I had the opportunity to travel around Europe and see some of the places I had only ever heard about. Julie saved her pennies and came to visit in June of ’97 and we took some tours to Paris and Italy. Our last day in Italy was spent in Venice, riding gondolas, shopping, walking the streets. It’s an amazing place that I would love to visit again someday. Maybe shoot a wedding there … hint hint. hehe! ;)

I hope by sharing, you’ll see just how much my pictures are worth to me. :)
Thanks for stopping by!

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easter • my kiddos

March 25, 2008 – 12:25 am

Every year, Zach and Chloe help their grandma color eggs and frost cookies. They have so much fun with her. It’s become a tradition ever since Zach was old enough to help. We braved the blizzard on Friday and headed over to keep our annual egg coloring/cookie frosting extravaganza! :D

We also get together on Easter and the kids get a special basket of goodies from grandma and we have a little egg hunt for the kids. Since it was snowy outside, we hid the eggs around the house. It doesn’t matter to them how they get the candy, just as long as they get it. ;)

Hope you all had a very special Easter!

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a day in chicago

March 12, 2008 – 9:49 pm

As I mentioned a few days ago, Jake and I took a trip to Chicago this past weekend to take pictures for Christina and Alex of their new baby girl (see the post a couple down with pictures of baby Eva) and we stayed for the day to explore the city. We took tons of pictures, of course, and instead of posting 20+ pictures and making you scroll down the whole page, I decided to put them in a slideshow. Click the little arrow below the picture to scroll through them.

It was my first time in Chicago and I loved it! I’m definitely looking forward to going back a few more times this year. And let me just put out there that if anyone is getting married in Chicago, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I love to travel and would absolutely love to shoot a wedding in Chicago. :)

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