As I was going through the entire year of files upon files upon files, looking for my favorite images from this year, I became overwhelmingly overwhelmed. When 2014 began I had no idea all of the amazing things that would transpire. I had some goals, and there were some specific things I wanted to accomplish. Part of me was nervous that everything would just fall apart and I would become interested in something else and no one would want to hire me.

Things could not have ended up more different. My passion for photography grew and grew. I learned more than I thought possible and realized just how much I still have to learn. I had many repeat clients as well as more new ones than I ever saw coming. I became more confident while at the same time continuing to battle that ever present artistic "fear" that I won't measure up, that my work will be viewed as ho-hum and that I will never be able to accomplish the dreams that I think about often.

I was able to document moments that I never expected. A ballet studio, a graduation, the milky way, a gorgeous wedding, a birth. I spent time with so many families and laughed and ran and spent many a next day stretching my sore leg muscles. I captured emotion. I documented memories. The images on this page seem never ending, but I remember every single one of them in vivid detail.

2014 was an amazing year. There were things I am extremely proud of and many things I wish I did better. As 2015 arrives and along with it a lot of uncertainty and change, I could not be more excited to take what 2014 taught me and make 2015 ridiculously successful for me personally, my business and my clients. Happy New Year!!

As I headed into the hospital on Monday, December 8th at around 6pm, I honestly had no idea what to expect. I've never personally experienced birth and have heard many, MANY stories from pretty much all of my friends with children about what its like. Obviously the process is pretty much different every time, so I guess that means no matter how many births I end up photographing I will still never know what to expect!

For my first, this could NOT have worked out better. I had three sessions the prior weekend so I was a little nervous that Julie would go into labor during the weekend and I will miss one of those sessions. At 5pm on Sunday, I texted her and said, "thanks for holding out, I'm all clear and ready when you are!".

On Monday afternoon she texted me after her Dr. appointment and let me know where she was at. I was gearing up for tonight or tomorrow to head in. At about 5pm, Steven texted me and said I should eat dinner early because it was looking like tonight was the night. About 45 min later he told me to head on down to the hospital!

I arrived just after 6pm and Quinn Harper was born around 7:30pm. WOW! I was planning to be there the whole night!

Julie really wanted to capture her kids meeting their new little sister, so about 9:30pm I headed home got a full night sleep and headed back to the hospital around 9am and captured the kids coming to the hospital and meeting their new sister!! It was so precious!

This was an amazing experience all around. From seeing the love and support that Steve provided Julie, to the nurses and all the work that they do, the actual labor itself, how amazing Julie was through this whole process. Yeah, pretty amazing.