About Me. 

I bring over 10 years of experience as a freelance photographer to every project. My clients range from tiny start-ups and one-person operations to large corporations and multi-state companies. With training as a photojournalist and a wide-ranging client roster, I’m comfortable shooting in many different environments and my versatility allows me to work on-location almost anywhere. I offer a collaborative process to meet the unique needs of my customers, while using my expertise and creative eye to ensure professional, captivating imagery. My services include business branding and product photography, lifestyle photography, food and beverage photography, as well as portraiture, wedding, and event photography.

If you like my work and what I've said here, contact me. I would love to hear from you.

If you’d like to read the longer story of how I fell in love with photography, see below.

A note about Inclusion: My business proudly does not discriminate against anyone for any reason. I strongly believe in equality, inclusion, and compassion. I welcome all people with open arms, including the LGBTQIA+ community. Peace! 

How I Fell in Love with Photography: Photography is something that's been part of my life for so long, I don't really remember my life before photography. As a kid I found my mother's discarded Kodak Instamatic in our kitchen cabinet, behind an old cigar box full of postage stamps and pens. Square, slightly yellowed photographs of my brother and I as children had been created by this camera. It required 126 film, which came wrapped in little yellow foil packages that I loved tearing open. I spent my childhood exploring our 40 acres in Southeastern Ohio, snapping photos of rocks and trees, flowers in the garden, and all of our pets. When I clicked the shutter and wound the film forward, the little plastic teeth inside the camera grinding along, I knew something magical was happening. This is the feeling I am seeking every time I use my camera, even after all these years. 

In high school, I got my hands into darkroom chemicals and fell deeper in love. In college, I pursued a degree in Photojournalism at the Ohio University School of Visual Communications. At the time, photojournalists still shot on film. I spent many hours in the cool of the darkroom in Seigfried Hall, winding film onto spools, peering into pans of developer to see what I had captured. I studied abroad in the Scotland Field School for Photojournalism, with esteemed National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths-Belt. We shot on rich slide films like Velvia and Supra, which soaked up the light and color of the British Isles like tiny sponges. At the end of my studies I worked at a newspaper in Michigan, sweating and nervous under deadline as I wrestled with the paper's ancient Welch-Allyn developing machine, praying the sports photos I'd shot were properly rolled so they'd develop. 

I followed a meandering path after college, but my camera was always a part of my life. Anytime I was doing anything I loved or cared about, my camera was there. I went to graduate school, got married, moved to a little town in Western North Carolina, and started a family. With an infant in the house, the need to document became big and urgent, and photography started growing back into my life in full force right along with our firstborn. 

Not long after our daughter was born, I started my business in Asheville, NC. It has been a beautiful and wild ride ever since, with thousands of shutter clicks along the way. My heartfelt thanks to every person (and pet!) who has been in front of my camera over the years.

Follow me on Instagram and Facebook. Please visit my Clients and Publications page for a full list of past and current clients and local, regional, and national publications that have featured my work.