My thoughts on life, travel, family & photography

Jan

2025

Neutral Buoyancy achieved

Mark the momentJanuary 15, 9:13am Time of LIFE Sitting in front of the fireplace, tea in hand, the morning sunshine beaming in and my best cat S’mores on my lap, I take a breath in and I felt it, life has returned to my soul. The ...

Dec

2024

My story in my words

My StoryThis portrait was taken by my good friend, and well known film photographer, Pete Rezac. Both of us were in Atlanta for meetings, on what I knew would be my last trip to PPA HQ. Pete and I were both pretty upset about what had ...

Jul

2024

3 tips for successful family reunion pictures- Park City Utah family reunion photographer

3 tips for successful family reunion pictures in Park City Utah Park City, Utah attracts many family reunions every year because the summers are as perfect as is comes. Trust me, as a Park City local for almost 25 years, I try ...

Apr

2023

Family Pictures in the snow at Deer Valley Utah - Park City family pictures

Snow is a unique and fun location for family portraits but there are a few key things to remember when picking your clothes to make a cold location feel cozy. Since the background will be snow white your clothing can be a little more ...

Feb

2022

50th Anniversary Portraits at the Salt Lake Country Club - Utah Family Pictures

While most of social media is obsessed with weddings and young love, I want to celebrate old enduring love. Photographing families is my passion, but when it comes to creating portraits for people who have been married for 50 years my passion ...

Jan

2022

Our Bucket List Christmas In Baja, Mexico

Christmas at the Watkins took on a whole new look in 2021. For the first time we decided to use our holidays to check some items off our bucket list. After the last 21 months of the pandemic putting a damper on our love of adventure, it was ...

Jun

2021

PRO TIP- How to enjoy Zion National Park - Park City Utah Photographer

As someone who has been enjoying Zion National Park for the last 27 years, I have to admit the growing crowds have been pretty discouraging. This year, 2021, the park is expected to receive a record breaking 5 million visitors. It's getting ...

May

2021

Utah Family Reunion Pictures - Park City Family Portraits

The summer of 2021 might earn the official title of "The Summer of Family Reunions". One of the side effects of our covid year was missing our family gatherings. Based on the amount of phone calls I have been getting for extended family ...

Mar

2021

3 Tips for bringing more personality to your senior portraits - Park City Utah senior portraits

After 18 years of growing up it's time to pause and celebrate all you've accomplished and become with senior portraits. Creating senior portraits that show off your unique style and personality can feel uncomfortable since you haven't done it ...

Mar

2021

First Impression of my new Nikon z7ii - Park City Utah Photographer

I've been waiting over 2 years to invest in the new mirrorless camera technology and last week I finally made the jump. I am the proud new owner of the Nikon z7ii with several new s series lenses. Being married to a tech guy, I have adopted ...

Feb

2021

Chocolate as a lifestyle - Park City Utah Photographer

5 lessons I learned from my chocolate heritage 1. Always strive to create the best quality- 10 cheap boxes of chocolate can't replace one handcrafted piece of perfection.2. Be generous with the gifts- you never know how far your legacy will ...

Jan

2021

How to create a family portrait when you can't all be together - Park City Family Portraits

A new year has just kicked off. Normally I spend January relishing in the quiet that follows a busy holiday season full of family gatherings and friends. But this year, because of covid, the holidays were quiet and lacked all those annual extended ...

Jan

2021

3 pandemic wedding trends that need to stick around -Park City Utah Wedding Photographer

I love podcasts! I started listening to podcasts at the end of 2018 as a way to combine business education with walking. When you run a small business it can get lonely and overwhelming. Finding an easy connection, like podcasts, to the ...

Dec

2020

Mountain Biking thru 2020: How we survived a pandemic - Park City Utah Photographer

When I remember how we survived 2020 I will always think about our mountain bikes and the miles we spent in Mother Nature's playground. In March, when the pandemic shut down our lives, we realized that our bikes, the mountains and the family ...

Aug

2020

2020- The Year of The Holiday Card! What are you sending? Park City Utah family Photographer

3 Great Ideas for the Best Holiday cards this crazy year & a special offer from me to you!It's August, I know, but I am a holiday card addict. Once Thanksgiving hits, my husband knows that my favorite part of the day is opening the holiday cards ...

Sep

2019

How to design and install a wall gallery

The hard reality I am facing is that the years of raising my kids are coming to an end. Yes, I'll always be their mother and they will always have my heart. But the years of daily homework, packing lunches, laundry for 5, school ...

Sep

2019

Top 5 benefits to creating your senior portraits right now

I am passing along some motherly wisdom I learned after surviving my first childs senior year. NOW is the very best time for your senior to have their portraits created in order to have the maximum photo benefits for the rest of the school ...

Aug

2019

Travel Tips for successful vacations with teens

We have been home from our whirlwind Russia/ European tour for a month and we are still wrapping our head around all our wonderful experiences. Great travel makes you realize how small the world really is and how interdependent we are. ...

Jun

2019

Dear Senior Mom's- Congrats, We did it!

Dear Moms- I did it, I didn't fail! I'm sure every mom and dad worries just like me that they are failing at this parenting thing. But high school graduation is one tiny brief moment where we can collectively exhale and know we achieved a big ...

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