I sent my camera in for some maintenance at the end of this month. I knew I’d miss it, but man, did it feel weird not to have it around. Nikon was quick with getting it back to me safe and sound, so thankfully I wasn’t without it for long….

Have I ever mentioned that Andrew has just a LITTLE bit of personality? He’s always pretending to be something fun and he is most certainly animated as he tells stories or plays with his toys. Sometimes he’s singing into a twist tie “microphone,” sometimes he’s turning a laundry bag into…

This month the thing that stuck out most to me about my favorite photos is how blessedly normal life is becoming as Andrew continues to heal and grow. He plays and entertains himself at home! He went barefoot in the grass and was able to have exposed skin! He’s happy…

You know, you’d think I’d have more outdoor photos from last month. It is summer, after all. The problem is, it’s hot. It’s also ridiculously humid, so unless we get outside first thing in the morning I’m prone to hide out in the AC all day. At least Andrew stays…

Only a handful of photos exist of me with my grandpa. One was taken when I was just a week old. The others are from Christmases where we just happened to be in the same frame. I lost my grandpa to cancer when I was just six and while I…

It looks like the theme for my favorite photos from June is Octonauts and the Fort Worth Zoo. (And books. Always books in this house.) Octonaut play is a near daily occurrence, of course. Plus, the Octonauts and their vehicles keep multiplying (thanks to Grandma). The trip to the Fort…

It’s not a surprise that my favorite photos involve some of Andrew’s favorite things. That’s what documentary photography is all about to me. As I capture real, authentic, everyday life it naturally documents routines, details, personality, and relationships. I notice something special happening and then run to grab my camera,…

Typically I prefer to do all my documentary photography with my “big camera,” even my personal photography. After learning how to make my digital SLR do pretty much whatever I want I’m always frustrated with the results I get from my cell phone’s camera. I got a new phone in…

A few of my favorite images this month. Can I just tell you how much I love photographing our lives from a storytelling approach? If I never get around to scrapbooking this year I still think the snippets of life that I’ve been able to capture contain so much about…

Here are a few favorites from my personal documentary photography in the month of February. Sometimes the here and now includes birthdays and zoo trips and sometimes it’s pretending to be a super hero or playing with Daddy’s old LEGOs. It all added up to make a wonderfully full February….