Farm Session The Oakley family is one of the sweetest! The girls are model status and mom and dad are two of the nicest people you will ever meet.  I first met Anna in our Tuesday’s Together group and I instantly fell in love with her name, Anna Oakley.  We hit it off and have […]

Farm Session When Ashley inquired about an equine session, she started telling me the vision she had.  Her daughter, Aubrey, plays the fiddle (bluegrass version) and wanted to have her daughter’s picture taken with the horse she has shown for years.  The twist, she wanted Aubrey to play the fiddle while riding the horse. As […]

LLF Rider 2019 | Abby Tomlin After Abby’s car wreck back in February, she spent almost 3 months in a wheel chair and couldn’t even walk.  If you haven’t had a chance to watch her first video, make sure you do that here. Since the wreck Abby has come a long ways in being able […]

LLF Rider – Jessie Parson Jessie has been traveling all over and hitting some pretty big barrel races. If you haven’t watched her first video be sure to check it out here.  She is cruising through patters and either winning or placing in the top 5 horses.  Her and Zee are on fire and are […]

Welcome to the Western Way Podcast! I’m so excited you have stopped by. This podcast is going to be about the western way of life, the nitty gritty of living out your dreams.  Making it in this industry is not for the faint of heart and I want these stories to be told! Website: www.thewesternwaypodcast.com […]

Barrel Racing Bride There was a picture that went viral on Facebook a few months back of a bride that was wearing her wedding dress and barrel racing.  I got to do one with another bride and her paint horse and we had a lot of fun! Sarah wanted to switch it up a little […]

Carson Family Farm Session I have known Kendall since elementary school and we worked together for a little time.  Watching her become a mom was so cool and her little boy is so sweet! Kendall wanted to have family pictures taken before her and her husband move to Alaska for two years.  She loves to […]

Farm Session I first met Sarah in a Facebook Group for Christian women.  Her sister-in-law runs the group “A Story for His Glory”, where she shares about her journey with adoption and living a Christian lifestyle.  She wanted to connect some local people by doing a snail male exchange and I got paired up with […]

Why I don’t do mini sessions… I know this is a hot topic in the photography world.  But **MIC DROP** I don’t do mini sessions.  They are very popular and a lot of photographers do them around the holidays and special occasions, but I don’t. I’m not knocking them in anyway nor the photographers that […]

Cleveland Rodeo 2019 The Cleveland Rodeo is hosted by the Livengoods in Cleveland North Carolina once a year around the middle of June.  This year was the 6th year that I have been shooting this rodeo.  It is one of the funnest, family friendly rodeos that we have in our area.  The cowboys and cowgirls […]

Equine Session Emily was so excited about her equine session.  She has some gorgeous horses and beautiful farm and I couldn’t wait to get to her place and start shooting.  They have a barn on their property that is over 100 years old that her grandparents have restored.  They now use it for small weddings, […]

  Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20 +You become wise by doing life with the wise +Wisdom is contagious. Wisdom rubs off +Walk with = do life with +Wise people understand that life is connected and they live/act accordingly. Today’s decisions are connected to […]

Farm Session I have known the Barns family for several years and have had the chance to watch their daughter Bailey grow up.  When she was younger she was kind of interested in horses but never to a love to it like Amy has.  It wasn’t until last year when Bailey got her first horse […]

One Month Old How has time flown by so much.  It feels like you are only one week old not one month old.  Post pregnancy the recovery was pretty hard.  A c-section is painful to recover from because the doctor tells you not to lift more than ten pounds but my child was 9lbs and […]

The Beyond Barriers Rodeo was started as a way to raise money for Chet Kidd who was in a farming accident a little over a year ago.  He has made leaps and bounds over the past year and all the proceeds from the rodeo are going towards his recovery.  Everyone in the rodeo community came […]

Family Farm Bridal Session Gabby is one of the sweetest humans you will ever meet and I have been lucky enough to know her for several years.  When Gabby & Tate first got engaged I was so excited to do her bridals because I knew there would be cows and horses and that is right […]

After carrying Lyza for ten months I was more than ready to get her out.  As her due date got closer I was more and more excited and ready for her to make her appearance.  Then her due date came and went and each day I became more moody and miserable.  I was ready to […]

Saddle Leather Work Saddle repair is a long lost trade that has faded off and isn’t as popular as it used to be because horses are not our main source of travel.  People still ride for fun or competition so saddle repair is still needed to an extent but not like it once was.  Chris’s […]