the journal

Stacy and I had many mutual acquaintances and friends, but weren’t given the opportunity to connect until she decided it was time for a new round of branding photos! Y’all. Let me tell you. That initial phone call ended up being well over an hour of goodness, “YES!”, and “are we friends now?!”

This was a fun one! Amanda came to me as an out of town referral after her booking with another photographer fell through. Lucky me!! She asked if I was available that very weekend, I happened to have a last minute cancellation, and we were able to hop on a call immediately! Timing seemed to be perfect for us, but Mother Nature and the infamous DC traffic pattern had other plans…

Savannah reached out about updating portraits before a big life change- moving from the DC area to California!! We talked about a musicians tendency to do ONLY that, and how we feel differently about the matter. We chatted making big changes and pivoting with your life goals and how that doesn’t Actually diminish your success although we (musicians) have trained our whole lives to feel that way. So basically, just your standard portrait session meets deep philosophical convergence- it is TOTALLY normal, y’all

Meet Drew Fremder: associate principal trumpet of the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” tenured member of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, newly endorsed Yamaha Performing Artist, and also my husband.

Going full-time is scary! Especially when it wasn’t the plan. I was deep in discussion with my husband about the ideas spinning in my head (if you know me, its constant!): branding sessions, headshot marathons, portrait mixers, studio rentals… and ultimately I decided that I needed to commit more time to shoots styled with my dream clients in mind. I thought of Annie right before Drew mentioned Annie, and before I could even reach out I had a text from Annie! Fate!