It’s pretty common to have portraits done when your children are infants, toddlers, and in elementary school. And of course when they are high school seniors. But what about those in between years?   All too often those years get forgotten.  Not because we don’t want portraits of our children at this time of their lives […]

So in case you don’t know…owning your own business is hard.  Really, really hard.  Finances (is there enough cash flow to pay the bills *and* my salary?), logistics (how many balls can I possibly juggle at one time?), time management (what is that bright shiny object over there?), marketing (a delicate balance of selling yourself […]

So yesterday was not one of my most stellar days as a mom.  It was a typical hectic afternoon…picking up, dropping off, picking up, dropping off.  This is a cadence that I’ve grown used to but yesterday there was a business trip thrown into the mix…for which I needed to finish packing…and of course the various household […]

Wait.  Ahem…{cough…cough}…and the winner(s) are… Without getting into what I unknowingly did to turn the tide of the voting, I’m happy to announce that there are two winners of the HLP Best Image of 2015!  I could not be happier with the winners…and I’m pretty stoked that I will be getting to see these two […]

Yes, yes. We all love the outdoors.  You and me both…nothing better than an outdoor location for a photography session. Just imagine it…the perfect sunkissed late summer day an hour before sunset.   The sun is trickling through the trees creating the most perfectly beautiful backlight, the sky is gradually turning shades of pink, crickets […]