travel

One of the best parts of my job as a photographer is not only being able to watch special families grow, but being asked to photograph them!  Last month I flew down to Tampa, FL again and Frances & Susan asked me to photograph their expanding family 🙂  Last year, I met their little boy […]

My sister and I surprised our parents for Thanksgiving this year by flying in and staying at their new home in Nashville.  They were so surprised and thrilled — happy tears were shed from both!  We had the best time together and of course I insisted on taking some updated family photos while the 4 […]

Last month I had a very special opportunity to photograph one of my high school best friend’s wedding.  Robert proposed to Alison a little over a year ago when they were living in New Orleans, and I flew down there to take their engagement photos, which was super fun (here’s the blog post if you […]

Well, this post is going to wrap up my series from Africa!  It was quite an adventure and I’m so happy I was able to share it with you all! Our last leg of the trip was in Cape Town, which is a super cool city!  I’m always a fan of a port city, and […]

“Hey Colleen — do you have a waterproof camera?”  — Yes… why do you ask? “Oh!  We’re going to go cage diving with Great White Sharks in Africa!  Pack your camera!”  — OH.MY.GOD.  OH.MY.GOD.  OH.MY.GOD I am crazy lucky to be able to experience such amazing adventures like this!  Seeing these enormous sharks literally inches […]

Wow!!  Thank you everyone for your incredible response to my Part 1 blog post from my trip to Africa 😀 Click here to check out Part 1 in case you missed it! Here’s Part 2, with some of the photos I took in Zimbabwe at Singita Pamushana, which was a lush paradise chock full of […]

Last year I was asked by an incredible family to join them on their amazing adventure to Africa to… (ready for this?) … take photos for them!  It was truly a dream come true, beyond my wildest imagination.  We spent 2 weeks in the most amazing places in Africa:  Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge (in NE […]

This month I decided to visit the Morikami Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida for my 30 minutes Project.  This very peaceful garden has an abundance of beautiful flowers and trees, as well as many unique Japanese design aspects such as stone gardens, koi ponds, and a traditional Japanese house.  I even ran into some […]

It’s finally happening!!!  I’m off to continent #5 (for me) — AFRICA!!! Get ready for an overload of photos on my facebook page and my instagram account 😉

This family was SO much fun to photograph!  We all got together at Pullen Park, in Raleigh North Carolina, on a gorgeous fall day with absolutely perfect weather.  There was lots of running around and laughter, and I’m so happy I was able to capture everyone’s personalities in these photographs.  I just love that I […]