Mommy, wife, zookeeper, elementary school substitute teacher, and photographer. I am mommy to two beautiful and strong-willed daughters, and wife to a wonderful and supportive husband. Prior to the birth of our youngest daughter, I enjoyed my dream job as a full-time zookeeper in Tampa, FL, taking care of orangutans, tigers, and a variety of other endangered species. Life has a funny way of surprising us with its twists and turns, though, and ours lead us to return to our home state of Indiana and the loving arms (and willing and eager babysitters) of our extended families.
you can find me snacking on whatever variety of cookies my oldest daughter recently baked, binge-watching a show from my 90’s childhood (most recently My So-Called Life and Boy Meets World), or planning the next home project I will try to convince my husband I’m just “researching”.
I spend my weekdays substitute teaching at my daughter’s elementary school, and my evenings and weekends getting to know local families like yours, while capturing their smiles, tickle fights, and everything in between, in beautiful photographs. My goal is to send every family home feeling like their session flew by, ready to go enjoy the ice cream the kids and/or spouse were bribed with, and excited to see their images delivered with an average turnaround time of 48 hours. They’ll also probably leave armed with several new random animal facts!