A Queen

 

“ And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!” -The Fellowship Of The Ring, Tolkien

 

Edit With Me In Lightroom | Video Content

Edit With Me In Lightroom | Video Content

Happy Monday! I hope your day has been filled with plenty of coffee, productivity, and inspiration! Mondays sure can bring fresh beginnings and inspiration. I'm very excited to add to my canon of video content by sharing an editing session with you. The theme of this video is improvement. You can always learn and grow. So I'm revisiting my well-loved Psalm 47 session from earlier this year to edit according to my current style.

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Adventures In Film: Chapter 4 | Summer Romance On Film

Adventures In Film: Chapter 4 | Summer Romance On Film

For the past few months, I've been delving into the art of film photography in an attempt to be well read on the two forms of photography. I'd like to eventually offer hybrid film and digital services (yay!). Here are the Intro, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 3 of my film adventures, as well as the original digital gallery of this session! Lately, I've been bringing my film camera along on photoshoots so I can practice. It is SO. MUCH. FUN. There's something really satisfying about hearing the shutter click and the film slide to the next frame. And then there's the waiting....oh, how I love it. I think a new romance is starting....between film and I. Don't worry, digital. I'm not letting you go anytime soon. <3

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Summer Romance | Portraits

Summer Romance | Portraits

There is something so magical about poetic images with stories of their own to tell. One dream I have is to one day photograph beautiful images for book covers. There are so many triumphant, long-suffering, underrated stories out there. Perhaps for a faith-based story or collection of books. When I was a teacher, I loved talking about book covers with my students. A well chosen book cover can illustrate so much of the important elements of a story, and even challenge the reader to see that the cover sometimes tells the story itself!

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