There’s a sense of calmness that has come along with my decision to take a little leave of absence from accepting any photo shoots for the next few months. I’m on a journey really, to better myself to re-create my art and to really just work on what makes my heart whole. I know I’ve […]

He always puts up a fight to take a bath, but once he’s in there he’s pretty content I’d say! While me and my partner in crime where doing hard manual labor outside raking a years worth of leaves out of our yard Jaiden kept begging and begging to jump into the pool, and while […]

When I gave up on my 365 challenge I promised myself I would still take my camera with me more often and snap pics of my life as cute little moments happen & so far so good! I bought a cute small [JoTotes] camera bag so I’d be able to actually haul my camera around comfortably in […]

This is something I’ve been struggling with since the beginning of my photography. I always knew I wanted to capture the essence of certain moods with my photography, but sometimes figuring out how to incorporate that seems nearly impossible. “How so?” you ask… For example, I’m drawn to color, and bright light. I almost always favor […]

Here’s a little very important chapter in my life. My little sunshine, the reason for the smile on my face and the happiness in my heart.  One of [our] favorite things to do is play fight, tickle fight, and cuddle. These are the moments I cherish the most <3

This had been a long awaited session! My best friend sheila + her soulmate Joe had finally set a date for their wedding later this year so we pretty much pounced on the engagement session opportunity! I CANNOT wait to photograph their big day in September! It’s going to be one of the happiest/hardest day’s […]

As many of you already know I anxiously awaited for Jan 1st 2015 because this would be the day I start my very long 365 project. Fast forward about a month and I’m extremely behind on editing my daily photo’s, don’t even know which photo was taken for what day and it got extremely overwhelming […]

After going through a un-inspired rut, feeling burnt out, bored, not enjoying myself, reading endless blog’s from the people who inspire me most artistically, and finally listening to my heart… there are a few things that SHP will be changing in the months coming up!  As all of you who have worked with me know, I […]

I’m so excited your here!!!!!!!  I have been daydreaming of making a magical new website for quite sometime now, but when you work full time during the week, work part time on the weekends & are a mommy it’s hard to find extra time to devote to even the most important necessities! For those of you who […]