I've always been a people-person, a story-person, a drawn-to-old-photographs-person.

My first memories are of that of overly-dramatized family stories, told by my eclectic group of descendants from Germany, France, and Native Americas (I'm actually 1/8th Native America, and can trace it back to early East Coast tribes). 

I remember as a child placing a flower in my grandmothers casket, my big brother carrying me. I remember as a 13 year old girl searching the faded headstones in northern KY for family names, reading their inscriptions and wondering how much we had in common. Did I look like them? Did they sound like me?

Story-telling has been in my blood for generations, handed down to me by these wonderers, highwaymen, pioneers, farmers, and believers. 

Born and raised in rural Ohio, I carry in my photography a deep sense of family, calm evenings, quiet fields, and lazy afternoons. I'm a midwesterner at heart; where everyone is a friend, a neighbor. And focusing on these small easily-forgotten moments echoes throughout my photography.

I didn't set out to be a wedding or even a newborn portrait photographer. I set out to be a writer, and worked in publishing for a good time, until I felt drawn once again to photography. I minored in fine art photography in college (Ohio State) and came back to it once more when we moved 13 years ago to the Charlotte area from Los Angeles (the story of how we got to NC via LA from Ohio is quite a funny one - ask me about it!)

Over the years I've been a motherhood and family photographer, one thing is pretty clear: story and light in the wonder of God's creation, are what speaks to me.

I would love to chat with you about the important moments or people you want to remember. I hope to hear from you soon. 

 Amanda