Tag Archives: family

We Looked Like Giants

Whoa…Long time, no blog! Not gonna give a laundry list of excuses (like the one where I tell you about the fact that I’m getting married in six weeks and, boy, that’s hard work!) as to why I haven’t blogged any photos in a while. I have some stuff to post, I’m just not sure […]

If You Weren’t Real I Would Make You Up

When Chris and I met, I fell for him right away. But not in that insane head-over-heels way. No, I feel for him in a very reasonable way in that I recognized that he was a really nice guy who I had a lot in common with who also made me laugh almost non-stop. […]

I Feel It All

We returned from Joshua Tree yesterday afternoon. It was an amazing weekend, but boy, am I beat. Hanging out in the desert can take a lot out of a person––and we didn’t even rock climb, or anything! The house we stayed in was amazing and we couldn’t have asked for better weather. But, […]

Amy

My cousin Amy lost her battle with cancer yesterday. I was scheduled to photograph her 3-year-old daughter Katie that afternoon–-something her mom (my aunt) wanted to get done before Amy passed so that she could enjoy the photos too–-but I received a phone call saying that it didn’t look like Amy would make it through […]

Technically

Chris bought Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii this weekend. And this has been his position on the couch every night since. Though, to be fair, my position each night is usually in front of the computer working on photography stuff. I guess we both have our passions.

Why Can’t Life Always Be This Easy?

This is Jayden. He’s my cousin’s kid and is surprisingly sweet and demure given the rambunctiousness of his father (Hi, Jeremy!). Though, like his dad, he loves to have a camera pointed at him. Future model right there.

Please Stop Raining

This past Summer, Chris and I flew to South Dakota for his cousin Ian’s wedding. It was a weekend event that brought together one side of Chris’ family almost in its entirety. Everyone spent their time at a fantastic little cabin on the Missouri River bed that was owned by the bride Beth’s family. The […]

Genetics

A small sampling of some of the youngest girls in my family.

Megan and Kyle

While in Colorado for the holidays, I had the honor of shooting engagement photos for Megan and Kyle, my future sister- and brother-in-law. Kyle proposed to Megan not too long before Chris proposed to me! Megan is Chris’ younger sister and the Ryder family is currently abuzz with wedding ideas, now that two of the […]

Brother, Mother and Presents

I have three brothers who are considerably younger than I am (the oldest of the group was born when I was 12). Every year for the past few years I’ve made it a point to do some nice portraits of them so that my camera-lacking parents have some shots that aren’t school pictures. […]