In honor of Veteran’s Day, I’m posting a few pictures I took in D.C. at Arlington Cemetery back in April of this year.  While we were there, a military funeral was taking place.  You’ll see the pictures that are at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  If the you haven’t seen the Changing of the Guard at Arlington, I highly suggest it.  The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded…

Ahhhh, Day Dreamy Sessions…I love them.  Children playing dress up – getting their hair and make-up done by our stylist, AnnaLivia www.annaliviastyles.com who is a child at heart herself.  I’m not sure what I enjoy the most – the actual photographing or the editing of the photos.   I especially enjoyed the finishing of these particular photos.  What a fun day!  And my new micro Pomeranian puppy even jumped in for…

This session I’m especially partial to – he’s my nephew.  I spent 9 months thinking about all the creative ways I’d photograph him once he arrived.  I bought chairs, new blankets, props – But, babies will be babies and he came fully programmed to not cooperate for his newborn photos!  That’s just as well – he will have a lifetime to get used to Auntie Mich and her camera being…

Photographing Emily was very easy.  She had a natural flow with the camera that just doesn’t happen with everyone.  That didn’t surprise me, she is one of those people where things come to her without effort.  Athlete, Singer and now, Model.  I was so obsessed with photographing her face that we ran out of time, got caught in the rain and didn’t get to finish our shoot!  So we will…

Some weddings I’m asked to photograph I go into with a few worries. A little stress; little hesitation. However, when I woke up that Saturday morning, my worries weren’t of the usual sort. Instead of fretting about capturing the sentimental moment, I was more concerned about the very real possibility of a member of the wedding party dying from heat stroke. A tasty 100F with an equal amount of award…

We love shooting newborns. Especially when we get to follow them as they grow and become little humans.  The last time we saw little Kenzie, she was less than a week old (see our welcome blog.)  She is now an adorable 4-1/2 month old who loves to watch her big brother, Trey, as he plays and pouts and randomly tries to kiss her cheek.  These shots were taken at the…

I believe I became a photographer because I couldn’t become what I truly wanted to be…a painter. Modern computer software tools allow me to treat my photos as a canvas and I get to play with color and textures very much like a painter. Several years ago,  I shared with my business partner, Ed, that I would like to do some art to life pictures.   One of the artists…

It’s not often that we get to revisit a special event. Weddings, births, graduations…they come and the moment’s gone. However, in the case of Kelsey and Jerrod’s wedding we got to hop into the Delorean and hit 88mph – and went “back to the future.” They wisely decided to not shoot their wedding portraits the day of their wedding – they wanted to relax and have fun with their family…

  “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”  ~Victor Hugo Little Miss Ivey Simone was 5 days old when we had the honor of photographing her.  She slept soundly in her mother’s arms in-between shots and never cried.  She was the center of attention as her mother, grandmother and sister surrounded her to make sure she was okay with all the moving of furniture…

I woke up Saturday morning to beautiful blue skies full of fluffy white clouds and immediately asked the cloud gods to keep them there through Sunday.  Thankfully, they listened and answered.  On Sunday, the Plurabella team knew exactly what we wanted to capture with our lovely bride, Callie. She has that fresh, clean, girl next door look with the kind of personality you immediately fall in love with.  So with…