Run Road Atlanta

Whew! Run Road Atlanta just raced by. I signed up to volunteer for my son's charter school fundraiser a year ahead, and before we knew it the first inaugural race was here and gone with success. We had over 300 participants, despite the looming thunderstorms, flash floods, and tornado watches. A challenging course, even for race cars, toughened racers on foot with it's rolling hills and twists and turns, all on the paved raceway that race cars travel with 700 hp. My duties? Just keep the twitter and facebook feeds rolling, respond to followers on social media, handle all graphics pre-race, and keep my sweet camera dry while capturing action shots admist the soaked environment and approaching storms. After all that, I feel like I ran the race myself! Thanks to a great race director, April Brass, the RRA planning team volunteers, sponsors, school staff, and participants who helped make this a great kick-start to an inaugural event. World Language Academy benefited from the race to enlarge their Spanish-English library. Next year I'd like to actually lace up my running shoes. As a general rule photographers are to avoid background mergers; I'm used to moving around and getting in uncomfortable positions to miss shooting those, but there was one on race day I couldn't resist. Some rules have to be broken, whether for creativity or for a good laugh. I found WLA's own principal, David Moody, standing in front of a Rolex sign hanging over the race track behind him. I couldn't resist capturing the shot which looked like a crown on his head - he is a king of principal afterall ...

Rosy cheeks • The Rose Family

I had the fun opportunity to capture The Rose's again. A sweet bunch of five who bared the cold weather and rosy cheeks with me as we played and explored a tree house, among other things. These are dear friends of mine who have moved out of state recently, so our time together on their visit was more than just picture time. I hope you see some of the sweet wonder of these active boy's and their parents here in our time together.

This family is growing with love and bounds

Tim and Julie have been friends of my husband for years and I have become friends through the years as well - I mean, who can't help but adore the sweet face of their oldest who I've had the joy of photographing for some time now. And now, her little sister joins her, and she is just as sweet and quite the patient model. This family bared the cold and fierce wind with me and wondered why the 70 degrees of the day prior didn't hold out for us. Despite these sweet girl's little red noses, we got the blood flow going, warmed up, and captured some sweet moments.

Ben + Fallon - a love story

Two friends who were former students of CrossPointe's student ministry have graduated and begun the adventure of their own lives. As Ben serves in the military overseas their dating relationship waits patiently for the long-awaited phone calls and skype dates as they grow. Miles a part for months at a time have made his time back home all the more sweeter and though that time is precious they asked me to join them for an evening to capture the two of them together just being – and on Valentine's Day no less. So here's our time out on a local town nearby where they each grew up. Fallon is a natural model and after taking a few cues from her Ben is on his way to the runway too :) Seriously, we just had fun. Thanks you two!