Tag: photos
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How Trench Composting Fixed My Garden Soil
The Los Rodriguez Mansion garden has officially exploded. When I started building this garden and ordered the soil, I was not impressed with the quality of the soil I received…to the point that I simply called it dirt. Soil entails having an ecosystem; fungi, bacteria, bugs, nutrients, organic matter, etc. living in harmony while facilitating…
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Penelope’s Nursery Tour
Penny’s room has been a work-in-progress since we moved into the house, and we are adding to it all the time. There was no rush for us to finish P’s nursery before she was born because we didn’t really use it for anything besides diaper and clothing changes until she was about six months old…
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Summer So Far
School is out, lightning bugs are here, and it’s 90 degrees every day this week, all of which make it officially summer regardless of what the calendar says. We’ve been making the most of it already with the help of Gia and Jackson – it’s fun to watch them learn to love summer and I…
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Taylorsville Lake
Every summer we look forward to frequent trips out on Taylorsville Lake with Marian and Stephen on their boat Water Music. Last June I had a pretty big baby bump on the boat…this year that lil baby was decked out in a super cool baby life jacket ready for her first dip in the lake! She…
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Trip to Alabama and Penny’s First Flight
Between Javi working on new furniture to sell and my wedding photography schedule, most of our free time has been spoken for this spring. Last weekend we set aside our projects and took a few days to go and visit my aunt Jane and uncle Bruce in Alabama. A few years have passed since we…
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Lately: Photos and Weddings
**photo session giveaway details at the end!** Wedding season is officially underway and I’m currently booking for 2019! I love shooting these crazy events full of love, happy people, and sweet details. I’m such a sap. This is my first wedding season since I joined Humming House in 2013…I had to give up weddings for…
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35mm Mommas
Over the last two months I’ve been scanning my grandma’s old family slides and have collected some real gems of motherhood and grandmotherhood in photos from the 1950s-1980s. I’ve been obsessed with photos my whole life (surprise!) and pored over our family albums as a kid to the point where I thought I had seen…
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Derby 2018 Pt. 2
On Derby morning I did a quick photo session with Corinne and her group of friends from law school before they headed off to Churchill Downs. It would be so much fun to shoot a Derby-themed wedding…all of the fashion and colors and hats and mint juleps. Or maybe I just need to book a…
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Derby 2018 pt.1
Happy Derby! It’s been so crazy around here with Derby season, wedding season picking up in my photography world, spring landscaping and gardening, and on top of everything Penny is teething so we are surviving on minimal sleep. On Thursday night we went to Javier’s company’s annual Derby party at the Kentucky Derby Museum and…
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Leftover Winter
Last Wednesday morning we woke up to a blanket of soft, fresh snow – the most snow I’ve seen in years. I couldn’t pass up the chance to get plenty of photos, especially while my mom and grandma were in town visiting. As soon as P woke up from her nap we bundled her up…
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Salute the Staycation
Have you ever had that feeling that you need a vacation from your vacation? That longing for your own kitchen that has everything exactly where it should be, that need for the comfort of your own bed? I’m usually willing to endure the vacation hangover in exchange for breaking our regular routine, seeing some new places…
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Javi’s Workshop
I have wanted a workshop in our house for a long time, but I haven’t found the right space. Our house in Louisville has a garage, but it is not in the kind of condition I’d need for a permanent wood shop. There are several holes on the walls, it is not insulated, and there…
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Penny Threads
If you follow me on instagram or are friends with me on facebook you might have seen the 10 days of Penny Christmas photos that I posted of P wearing 10 different Christmas outfits. As soon as I found out I was pregnant last year, I started scouring goodwill, yard sales, and giant consignment sales…
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Penny’s First Christmas
The new year is under way and Christmas is getting too far away from me! So before another day goes by I want to share these photos from a terrific holiday with family. I’m always a little sad when Christmas is over…I LOVE the anticipation, the joy, the decorations, and especially the lights. I remember…
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A brief reflection on 2017
My Facebook feed is usually a mix of opposing views on pretty much everything from politics to the latest Star Wars movie, but there seems to be a united sentiment of giving 2017 a giant middle finger and hoping for a better 2018. For me it was equal parts hard and wonderful, but I have…
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Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Adam
Back in 5th grade my two girlfriends Corinne and Emily and I started a tradition we called Christmas Eve Eve (a name I thought was so clever but have since learned is not original at all – thanks social media). Every year they’d come over to my house and we’d exchange gifts, make and decorate…
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Thanksgiving with Penny
I may be a couple of weeks late getting this post together but I didn’t want the season of giving thanks to pass without sharing a few photos from our family holiday and giving an update on just how much we have to be thankful for. At the top of the list: Penelope is doing…
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Fall Photo Madness
It’s been a beautiful fall for photography, and I lucked out working with some amazing families in Louisville and Nashville! One of my favorite perks of doing family sessions is getting to see how families grow and change year after year. Kids growing up, new additions to the family – it’s such a privilege to…
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Fall Means…
It may not *officially* be fall, but the temperatures have cooled off significantly (for now) in Louisville, the “ber” months have arrived, Michael’s already has a 60% off sale on Halloween decor to prepare for Christmas and Krispy Kreme has pumpkin cake donuts. So…yeah. For all intents and purposes, it’s FALL. Penelope will arrive any…
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Seal Beach Family Vacation
Ohhhh it felt great to spend a week in Seal Beach in the summer. Over the last four years the only times I’ve been to Seal Beach have either been on tour for a couple of quick days with Humming House or back in December 2015 for my grandma’s 90th birthday celebration. This was the…
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