Other great things from 2013 include:

I taught my first full-day photography class in partnership with Hanover College and have loved watching my students push their limits and grow as photographers.

Cara, owner of Little Golden Fox, and I paired up to offer two beautifully styled mini sessions this fall and winter and we are so excited to work together for more in 2014. The meeting of these two crazy creative minds have us swimming with beautiful ideas for 2014.

I attended a one-day newborn and maternity workshop with Jennie Pyfferoen and Stephanie Knowles to help hone and improve my newborn photography.

I met and photographed independent seniors who have the world at their fingertips to beautiful babes who are feeling with theirs for the first time; families laughing and playing together to little children exploring their surroundings and couples whose love overflows my heart just looking at their photos.

2013 allowed me to experience sessions designed to capture photos of special moments in time to ones that are meant to capture the every day.

What will 2014 bring? There are several beautiful and exciting announcements to come…

Here are my favorites from 2013. I’m not saying these are at “Best of…” collection, but rather some of my personal favorites from the year. Instead of trying to narrow it down to a specific number of photos, I decided to choose images that spoke to me and made me laugh, cry smile and feel the emotion oozing from the screen. I didn’t include any mini session photos in this post, plus I’ve already posted a blog of my favorites from the Christmas minis!

I met some amazing seniors this year who really trusted me to let them express who they are at this amazing point in their lives.