Portrait Photography

Kelli Tapp 2019 Senior at Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School Senior Portraits

Kelli is a 2019 senior at LFO. She has several jobs as a lifeguard and loves the water as well life on her families farm in Chickamauga, GA. 

Despite the heat and humidity, we had a blast shooting the first location for Kelli's senior portraits.

Despite the heat and humidity, we had a blast shooting the first location for Kelli's senior portraits.

She is such a beauty and made my job easy.

She is such a beauty and made my job easy.

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I am so grateful for my new and old clients who are coming back or just finding me after my 5 year break.

I am so grateful for my new and old clients who are coming back or just finding me after my 5 year break.

Madison Witt and her Hula Hoops on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, TN

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful and talented Madison Witt with her hula hoops in the Tennessee River Gorge. As an avid outdoorsperson, I have traveled the Tennessee River by canoe, kayak or boat a million times but it has never failed to take my breath away. This session was such a beautiful mixture of "flow" and nature.

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I don't know much about the hooping community, but Maddie talked a lot about flow, which is what happens to a person when they are working on a task they enjoy and become totally absorbed in it. I experience flow when cooking and painting. As it got later, we were able to use a slow exposure and a lighted hula hoop to capture the idea of flow with a camera.

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Maddie is such a sweet and beautiful soul. I enjoyed photographing her and spending time with her on the river. If you have never heard of the concept of "flow," give it a Google, it's good for your brain.