I will put the link up when it’s all up there.

Walking up the boardwalk, a smile quickly came over my face: gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous were my thoughts. Perfect boardwalk, turquoise water, sunny day, and sea grape plants to suit my love of a bit of beachy contrasting greenery.

I met the Friday family and so very fast realized how much I love taking photos of not only sweet babies and joyful couples, but the love families have for each other.

Ivonne and David, you both and Joshua absolutely left a smile on my face as I left. And thank you for showing me your favorite beach spot! =)

I met with the adorable Santana family for a golden-hour portrait session! Owen was just starting to walk the last time I saw him. Now, he’s a little bundle of energy: his curiosity and excitement in everything had me laughing!

I met “little sister” Taryn for the first time, and she was an absolute beauty- her sweet disposition and little cheeks just made me smile.

Noel & Katie, I can’t stress it enough: you have such a lovely family!

Ashlyn, a little time, and leaking evening light is a happy mixture.

“Get over your hill, and see what you find there, with grace in your heart, and flowers in your hair”

Visiting Florida from their home in Abaco, Bahamas, this couple wanted to have an anniversary photo session! I knew White City Park would be the absolute perfect place for it. We trekked around the entire park finding gorgeous trees and lakes, yet avoiding the low-lying areas where our shoes were sure to sink in the saturated ground. The day turned out absolutely beautiful compared to the rain we had been getting all week, and we were all very thankful for that!

Bernadette and Randy, happy happy anniversary to you two! Here’s to many more!

There’s no better way to guarantee smiles than allowing kids to be kids, and of course, adding a few funny noises and faces! Throughout the photo session, I followed Fallon and big brother Wilson around the park- the gazebo, the volleyball court, and the slides! I was even told goodbye by these two adorable brothers in the most creative of ways- with one sitting up front of the family car and an ever-so-daring honk of the horn! Major smiles as I waved goodbye and drove away!

However, rain + sunshine is the cure for all.

I love love it. Everytime.

À bientôt!

We packed up the truck: blankets, Ginger Snaps, Whoppers, Cracker Jacks, photo albums, old fashioned games, and Coca Cola.

An open area of grass found us, and we parked under the canopy of the palms and Spanish moss covered oaks. Truck bed, riverside picnics are officially the best. What better way to spend an overcast afternoon than climbing trees and finding grasshoppers on the river bed?

Afterwards, we left: September air, windows rolled down, that favorite 90s song playing. The one you can sing all the words to. Loudly. Off key. With two of the people you would spend your whole life traveling to find. It’s one of those recognizable-by-anyone- moments that you want the ability to just to pause and press play in life when needed the most.

Desirae and Whitney, you are my dearest friends and sisters- what would I do without you two?

There’s little moments in the day where you stop thinking in the current. Reminiscences of the past. Hopes for the future. Lost in reverie. It’s when something sparks your mind- a sound, a smell, a face- and you catch yourself alone with eyes gazed upwards, smile on your face, trying to pull together the memories before they disappear. And then suddenly, with distractions, your fixation is broken and it’s back to the current: Thank you chores. Work. Life.

Me and Whitney went down a little short path- one that we discovered 11 years ago as kids on scuffed roller blades with bronzed skin and sea salt laden, blonde hair. Now, we take it differently, but to do more of the same:

To daydream, to laugh, and to live a little.

Part of the moon was falling down the west,

Dragging the whole sky with it to the hills.

Its light poured softly in her lap. She saw

And spread her apron to it. She put out her hand

Among the harp-life morning-glory strings,

Taut with the dew from the garden bed to eaves…

-Robert Frost

Hello, September!

Downtown West Palm Beach is one of my favorites. Just 40 minutes away. Somehow it always outshines other cities. The royal palms lined along the streets and flamboyant bougainvilleas make known you are in a one-of-a-kind place. You can’t help but love people-watching: Palm Beachers love their dogs.  And their pinks. And their no-socks wearing rule. Sometimes, I look upwards and I wish I could rent a place above the storefronts and walk down for a liquid cup of consciousness every morning in the same exact spot within the inadvertent courtyards and below the majestic date palms.

It never fails: random short trips always make me happy. Even when skies are gray.