Like many, when I started out on my journey in professional photography, I thought I would photograph EVERYTHING.  Weddings, babies, corporate, concept, product, maternity… and the list goes on.  I begged people to let me photograph them and I was lucky to have a few people trust my limited amateur portfolio and pay me to photograph their portraits and events.  Those early sessions gave me so much – the ability to buy professional equipment without going (too much) into debt, the confidence to keep shooting and amazing referral business.  It’s hard to trust someone with those can’t-ever-get-it-back moments – but the Reynold’s family did.  They were my first engagement session, first solo wedding and I have been lucky to watch their family grow in the last few years.

These days, Shannon is holding down the homefront with 3-year-old Riley and 1-year-old Gavin as their hero is overseas.  From the beginning, this has been one of those families that has love pouring out of everything they touch.  I’m honored to have been there for some of the most important days of their lives and even more so to consider them friends.  Here are a few of their most recent memories that traveled across the globe to their Daddy…