Author Archives: Amanda

mason | a day in the life

I have been holding out on you with posting a long overdue session… forgive me. Way back in December, my friend Heather Knowles asked me to tag along as she and her precious family shot a “Day in the Life” video with Hampton Road Studios. We had just recently shot our own version of a...

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a portrait project | january 2012

Like most people, I wish I had more photos of my life and my family. In 2011, I did a pretty good job of remembering to grab my camera and take shots of the everyday. But I was not consistent. Some months would result in 100 or more photos while others had just a handful....

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published | shelby living magazine

Betsy and Jonathan’s wedding was one of my favorites of 2011. Betsy’s grace and style paired with her eye for design and detail made it a dream of a wedding to photograph. I was so excited to hear that it had been chosen to be included in Shelby Living Magazine’s annual Bride Guide. But the...

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wagon adventures

I am a warm weather girl through and through. So even though we are having an unseasonably warm winter, there will be no complaints from me! It was close to 70-degrees yesterday, so we took advantage of the nice day and test drove our shiny new red wagon. The wagon was Christmas gift from my...

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imaging usa | new orleans

Updated to add: Someone in the comments mentioned including the settings/metadata from the images for reference. In order to travel light, I only packed my 50mm 1.2 and 35mm 1.4 lenses. I rarely used the 50mm and constantly wished I had brought something wider than a 35mm. Oh well. You live and learn. I didn’t...

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