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Back from Miraval

The Exploring Love Retreat at Miraval Resort. How to sum up? Peaceful. Honest. Funny. Authentic. Sweet. More of all that than any other retreat I’ve ever been a part of on this particular planet. An opportunity for several diverse and talented presenters and some unbelievably open-hearted (and talented) participants to engage in a dialogue about […]

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Gustav

I join so many across the country and across the world in hoping that Gustav slows or redirects – or that at least as many people in New Orleans and other areas being affected can stay as safe as possible. In the course of this year, gearing up for Image X (a gathering that is […]

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Sophie and Caleb

My two very favorite small humans accomplished big things today. Sophie opened up her first email account and started corresponding in earnest. At age 6, she’s a strong believer in the liberal use of emoticons. Preferably ones that bounce and are shiny. And Caleb is apparently a world class gymnast. He shocked us all by […]

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Smith Mountain Lake

My awesome husband aged this weekend, and we celebrated his ability to continually get more attractive with each year by heading up to Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia for a long, restful, peaceful, blackberries-set-to-off extended weekend. A full-on vacation, with doggie & all. If you’ve ever visited the area, you know how simply gorgeous it […]

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Goodbye Mr. Redfish

My friend Estes Shane Whalen released his second album recently, and I am not only impressed, I’m playing the CD over and over because Goodbye Mr. Redfish is just that good. I have several favorites, ranging from rowdy bar-playing fun songs to acoustic, harmonious beautiful melodies. Speaking of beautiful harmony, check out “I Do”. Quick […]

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Photographing Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama spoke to the largest crowd that’s turned out yet to meet her when she visited Raleigh. Nearly 6,000 people filled the Reynolds Coliseum at NC State to hear Senator Obama’s wife talk about her thoughts on him as a person and as the possible next President of the United States. It was a […]

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5K, 200M, 3 Mice, and 1 Cow

We just had a wonderful, eventful weekend – starting with Saturday morning, the aptly-named Wondergirl 5K Race, put on by the fantastic Girls on The Run organization. I was walking over to the start line, with the kids all packed up in the double jogger (I was already registered to race it) when my 6 […]

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New Cover for April Issue…

Endurance Magazine’s new issue is out for April. Once again, the magazine is showcasing an exceptional person in our world. April’s cover model is Mary Chervenak, who ran across the entire world in association with Blue Planet Run, to spread the following message: we can and must begin today to alleviate the catastrophic burden placed […]

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Once

When my husband and I stumbled upon the film “Once” at our the Chelsea, our local independent theater (why aren’t there more independent theaters????), we just fell in love with it. For those of you who have seen it, you know what I’m talking about – it just washes over you. I had the concrete […]

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Senator Hillary Clinton

After my post about Senator Obama, I got an interesting phone call from my friend, client, and fellow photographer Katie Williams. It turns out that her mother, Hallie, has been following the blog since I photographed her grandchildren. She had the thought that she would love to see similar images of Senator Clinton. As a […]

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A Portrait Session with Hillary Clinton

I will definitely post more portraits and imagery of Senator Hillary Clinton from her visit to North Carolina today – got some amazing access and beautiful images!! I also had a fantastic opportunity to get some one on one time with the Senator, and I wanted to at least quickly show one of the portraits […]

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Okay, one more favorite of Senator Obama…

I so appreciate the very cool feedback and emails I received after posting some photographs of Barack Obama (and Annie!!). One of the things I was asked most often was if I could post some more images. I will definitely do so later, after the magazine goes to press, but I do have clearance to […]

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Photographs from The Barack Obama Experience :)

So I promised images from the day with Barack Obama. Here are some shots Steve grabbed of me, seriously excited (fired up & ready to go!!!) to photograph everything… And the subject himself…this was photographed from about 50 feet back, in a crowd of thousands. Then we moved up to the buffer…now about 5 feet […]

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I just spent the day photographing Barack Obama.

I just spent a mind-blowing day photographing Barack Obama. I will be posting some seriously amazing images very soon, but what an unforgettable day. My husband Steve (a great photographer in his own right) and I drove down to Charlotte and received exclusive media opportunity to not only photograph him during his town hall meeting. […]

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Bald Head Island…and my ridiculously adorable kids!

I am pulling some photographs from our most recent trip to Bald Head Island in preparation for the top secret announcement that Lena Hyde, Laura Novak, Audrey Woulard and I are making *very soon* that has to do with the island … … and I stumbled across these melty sweet images of my two babies […]

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