Summer trip (GA-MS-TX-CO-KS-MO-TN)

Here is our itinerary for our cross-country (so to speak) trip beginning July 16th! We'll arrive in Denver on the 21st, leave on August 2nd and return to Atlanta on August 8th, give or take.




If you or someone you know are along this route (Jackson MS, Dallas TX, Amarillo, TX, Denver CO, Salina KS (!), Saint Louis, MO, Nashville, TN) let me know and we can meet!

If you're a photographer, I would love to continue the Road Trip Pay-It-Forward tradition begun by John Michael Cooper and take a few pictures of your family!

If you're a family looking for a unique photo opportunity or you're someone seeking an hour of one-on-one photography instruction, email oana@shutterview.com and I will let you know of the very special offer I have for you!

So excited to be taking this trip, we already have several families and people we look forward to seeing along our route -- plus can't wait to spend these three weeks with my husband and kids (and more family and friends along the way!).

A picture from our previous trip to Colorado, 5 years ago! So much has changed, my Dad has passed, Mary is in our lives, this boy can now read:

Seven Ways to Improve the Photographs You Take of Your Children

Enjoy this interview created for the Power of Care blog!

While I believe that artful, professional images of your family are an essential way to remember children's milestones and ages, there are daily opportunities for us as parents to create better photographs which help fill in the children's personal history with reminders of all the wonderful and fleeting times who make them who they are.

We are the storytellers of their young lives, entrusted with helping them remember who they were from the very beginning.

These are a few suggestions on how you can improve the pictures you take, I hope you find them useful! I would love to hear your feedback and any questions you might have!

Grace, love, beauty {atlanta family photographer}

A few weeks ago I spent some time at the park with one of the most beautiful families in the world. Really, see for yourselves! Enjoy the sneak peek below: