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๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ข๐ž I specialize in intimate portraits, human connections and creating art that makes you feel something. I shoot what it feels like - not what it looks like.

I'm a firm believer in breaking the rules and letting my heart guide me through all. I embrace the weird, the subtleties, and the easily overlooked. I'm attracted to people who have a story. Real stories of redemption; once broken, but successfully made it through and are better for it. People like this appeal to me because this is my own story. I was once a terribly broken human being. Someone wh

o was lost and stumbling their way through hard lessons. I'm also incredibly silly, inappropriate, and warmhearted. It is why I feel deeply, love with every fiber in my being, and am out-of-this-world understanding and compassionate. I know people before even knowing them. It's my super power: to know you, see you, and love you.

09/11/2026

โ€œWhy are you spraying smoke everywhere?โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

This is actually one of the more common questions I get from both parents and seniors. And if their mouth doesnโ€™t say it, their face definitely doesโ€”usually right around the time they start ducking away from me. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Listen, I realize thereโ€™s usually a brief moment during a senior session when I pull out a can and start spraying something into the air around you where youโ€™re probably questioning your life choices.

I promise, itโ€™s Atmosphere Aerosol โ€”itโ€™s non-toxic, and Iโ€™m not trying to gas your child. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Because sometimes good light needs a little help becoming really good light.

The haze gives the light something to catch. It makes those beautiful rays visible, adds depth, softens things up, and can turn an ordinary little pocket of sunlight into something that feels straight out of a movie.

Do I need it at every session? Nope.
Do I carry it around like I might? Absolutely. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Itโ€™s one of those tiny things that can completely change the way a photograph feels.

Basically: trust the weird s**t your photographer does.

Thereโ€™s usually a reason. ๐Ÿ˜‚

The mold was never really his thing. And honestly, why should it be? I think senior photos should have your fingerprints...
09/11/2026

The mold was never really his thing. And honestly, why should it be? I think senior photos should have your fingerprints all over them anyway. ๐Ÿค™

The kind of late-summer evening you wish the sun would take its time leaving. It slipped lower and lower, and neither of...
09/10/2026

The kind of late-summer evening you wish the sun would take its time leaving. It slipped lower and lower, and neither of them seemed in any hurry to follow. So we stayed-until the light ran out.

09/09/2026

EDITED TO ADD:

Okay, letโ€™s try this againโ€”with all TEN seniors this time. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚

If you saw version oneโ€ฆno, you didnโ€™t.

In todayโ€™s episode of Birdie Can Totally Multitask, I bounced between five different sessions and projects, created an entire videoโ€ฆand somehow completely skipped one seniorโ€™s banner file.

Her banner was made. My brain simply forgot to invite it to the video. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜‚

Please enjoy the directorโ€™s cutโ€”now featuring 100% more senior.

โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”-

Just playing around with a little AI because these banners deserved a dramatic entrance. ๐Ÿ˜‚

A little extra chaos for a project Iโ€™m pretty damn proud ofโ€”and ten Auburndale Volleyball seniors who absolutely understood the assignment. ๐Ÿ’™

Class of 2027, your banners are officially ready for their moment. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ…

09/04/2026

This is something Iโ€™ve always struggled to explain without sounding overly dramatic. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Photography has never been as simple as clicking a button and taking a pretty picture for me. I donโ€™t know how to create halfway. I donโ€™t know how to care less. Thereโ€™s a piece of me in all of itโ€”the way I see you, the way I want you to see yourself, the way I want an image to feel long after that moment is gone.

And honestly, sometimes I think I care too much. It can be exhausting to obsess over the tiniest things because I can already see what Iโ€™m trying to create before Iโ€™ve figured out how to get there. But I think thatโ€™s also the part I love most.

It was never just about the pictures. Itโ€™s personal. Thereโ€™s a piece of my heart in the way I see people, and somehow a little piece of my soul ends up woven into everything I create.

I donโ€™t think Iโ€™d know how to make art any other way. ๐Ÿค

You asked, so I opened it back up! โšพ๏ธ๐ŸฅŽThe Auburndale Youth Baseball & Softball Association AYBSA photo gallery is back o...
09/03/2026

You asked, so I opened it back up! โšพ๏ธ๐ŸฅŽ

The Auburndale Youth Baseball & Softball Association AYBSA photo gallery is back open for anyone who missed ordering, wants a few extras, or forgot Grandma wanted some, too. ๐Ÿ˜‚

And while weโ€™re at itโ€”a ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ!

Take $10 off orders of $50 or more, plus FREE shipping, with code ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ through September 8.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ!

If you donโ€™t see it, check your spam folder or send me a message and Iโ€™ll help you out. ๐Ÿค

09/03/2026

When seniors and moms ask what I mean by โ€œplayingโ€ and โ€œpromptingโ€ in my guidesโ€”this.

Less overthinking, more having fun. The final photos are why we do the ridiculous things that somehow end up feeling more natural and more like you. The running is why I told you to bring water. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿค

08/31/2026

The things that happen behind the scenes of your finished gallery. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Did I spend nearly an hour on one photo removing what felt like 4,732 pine needles from this track because once I noticed them, I couldnโ€™t un-notice them?

Yes. Yes I did.

Would most people have ever noticed them in the first place? Probably not. But apparently that is completely beside the point. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Sometimes editing is creating magic. Sometimes itโ€™s me at 300% zoom declaring war on pine needles.

Either way, the details matter. ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿผ

08/27/2026

A year later today, and this one still has my whole heart. Because the love built in all the years after โ€œI doโ€ will always be one of my favorite stories to document. ๐Ÿค

Last weekend, I found myself behind the camera with them againโ€”this time documenting a brand-new chapter growing from that same love. Eleven years of choosing one another, a beautiful family built along the way, and now another little soul to love.

Happy 11th anniversary, David and Rylie. What a beautiful story youโ€™re still writing. ๐Ÿค

08/27/2026

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