I am so honored you decided to stop by and take a minute to get to know me!  My wish is that we would be sitting across a table from each other with a cup of coffee getting to know each other, but I know in this digital age it doesn't always happen that way.  So grab yourself a hot cup of Jo and let's start this journey that I hope leads us to some wonderful portraits for your home and maybe that face to face cup of coffee!   I do hope you find time to look through my galleries as well, they are not only a reflection of who my clients are, but my style reflects who I am as well.

I have a wonderful husband of 33 years, Rich, and you might have the great pleasure of meeting him on our shoot!  He is wonderfully supportive and helps me whenever I need him.  We have two incredible boys (at least thats what my Mama heart says). Our oldest son Brody married our sweet Abby in September last year and our younger son married our sweet Hannah in July of last year.  Are you doing the math?!?! Yes, they got married 6 weeks apart!  We are so blessed to have our growing family:)

I am passionate about my faith, homeless shelters, working with youth and random acts of kindness.  I have an incredible family; I am one of 7 kids and there are 22 grandchildren. I also love my in-law family through my husband Rich.  We so enjoy being together; laughing, crying and praying each other through life.  I also enjoy watching sports; my favs are gymnastics, basketball, football and of course, hockey!  I love eating in small cafes, gardening and enjoy sitting on our porch just watching the wildlife or reading.  One of my favorite things to do is laugh with the people that cross my path each day. 

Photography has always been important to me; it has meaning.  I remember having a camera in my hand as early as 5th grade!  I look back at 55 years of photographs of my family going to Lake Vermilion for our family vacation. I have pictures of my boys playing in the same sand I played in when I was their age.  There are memories there of the different friends that got to tag along or the deep emotional attachment to a photo of someone who has passed on from this life and on to the next.  It's then that I whisper to myself, "thank God we took this picture."   These are more than photographs, these are precious memories; reminders that take me back so I can see clearly the journey I've been on that led me to where I am today.