Author Archives: Crystal

Josiah at 4

This is Josiah and he turned 4 this year in August. He is a little on the anti-social side, but he is brilliant. He reads, writes, and keeps time in music and has for a long time. Josiah sings constantly and he has a particular love of classic rock. Here are two from today. There...

Ashland Halloween Parade

Yesterday Brian and I went to our first Ashland Halloween Parade with the kids. It is really fun because everyone dresses up and gets to be in the parade; young, old, humans, dogs, families, photographers, unicyclers, men, women, men dressed as women, women dressed like men 😉 . The weather was nice, the costumes were...

The Estes Family

I would like to start this post by saying that I believe that where custom photography is concerned, every family session should be different. Sometimes I think we (both the photographer and the subject) wrestle with creating art that shows who the family is versus how the family would like to be seen. I don’t...

Eagle Point Family

About a month ago I donated a session to a silent auction benefiting the McPhail family, and their Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Build. The auction raised thousands of needed dollars for the family and it was great to see everyone come together to donate items and bid. Ginny was the winning bidder of my item...

The Millan Family

Yesterday after a long day of shooting head-shots of the famous Sarah Jane Nelson Millan, we met back up for some family photos at a local orchard in Talent. Sarah Jane and her husband are both very talented actors  at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival and singers, and as you can see, are parents to two...