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10 Day Blog Challenge ~ Day 3 ~ 8 Ways To Win My Heart ~ Palm Desert Photographer

Today’s topic is pretty interesting.  8 ways to win my heart.  I would like to think it is pretty simple, however the boys in my house might disagree.  🙂 So let’s see… 1:  Coming home to find the house picked up and the chores all done without me having to ask or remind. 2:  Hand […]

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10 Day Blog Challenge ~ Day 2 ~ 9 Things About Myself ~ Palm Desert Photographer

Day 2 of the blog challenge and I almost missed it.  Phew!  So glad I noticed the time and did not go to bed yet.  Today is 9 things about myself.  It sounds easy enough.  Well…let’s see. Here it is my 9 things! 1:  I am a wife (14 years) and mother of 3 boys. […]

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10 Day Blog Challenge ~ Day 1 ~ 10 Reasons I Love My Job ~ Palm Desert Photographer

Being behind the camera is clearly one of my passions.  Blogging…well, it is definitely not my strong suit.  I always have the best intentions but it is the one thing I have the hardest time doing.  Thanks to a friend and fellow photographer, Wendy Cunningham, I have to decided to take on her 10 day […]

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Smith-Nitzsche Family ~ Palm Springs Family Photographer

Being new to the desert I never would have thought I would find a place so close to home that would feel a little more woodsy.  But when I got the inquiry from Bethan and we talked about the Whitewater Preserve I was super excited for what was in store.  Prior to our session I […]

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Louie Louie ~ Palm Desert Newborn Photographer

Oh Louie how I just adore you and your mama!!  OK OK I know you are thinking I say that a lot.  But I truly do.  So many people, myself included, much anticipated this little one.  With a mama as special as his we all could not wait to meet him.  🙂  From my 1st […]

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Dominic 22 days young ~ Riverside Newborn Photographer

Tonight I am catching up on some past sessions that I been meaning to post.  I am not so good at the whole blogging thing.  If you follow me, you may have noticed. 🙂  I suppose I should get better at it.  So from here on out I promise to TRY!  OK I said…well, typed […]

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ABOUT Ann

My path here wasn't exactly straight, and I think that's what makes it worth telling.

I wasn't supposed to be a photographer. I was supposed to become a doctor. Neurobiology premed, on track, until my oldest son was diagnosed with epilepsy and life took a hard U-turn. I took a break and enrolled in photography classes I had always wanted to take but never could as a premed. On day two I knew. This was where I was supposed to be. Funny thing is, that analytical, detail-oriented part of me never left. It just shows up differently now, in the way I plan every session, read the light, and pay attention to the moments most people miss. I finished my degree in a year and a half, started my business the following October, and sixteen years later I still believe this is the gift God gave me to give to others. And I don't take that lightly.

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Whether you're chasing toddlers through a field or stepping in front of the camera for your business, I'd love to be your photographer. Let's make images worth keeping.