About me

I’ve been stealing moments in time since I was 12 years old.   My motto: “If it moves, I’ll shoot it”.  The ability to capture the lives of individuals in a photojournalist style is my passion! I feel the best shots develop when people are caught unaware.  When you are my subject, I like to make my sessions carefree, fun and might be electric.  The concept of “boring” has never applied to me.

I particularly love to photograph weddings, families, pets and sporting events with lots of action. As a Mom and digital scrap artist, I also provide my clients with an extensive variety of enhancement options. My skills range from swapping body parts in photos to changing everyday pictures into oil paintings, watercolors, sketches, etc…

You only get one shot in life – take it!

Now, the other side of me……… 

Once upon a time there was a little girl who grew up in Nashville, TN, crying every time she saw an ambulance racing down the street - lights and sirens going full blast.  I’ve always worried about the safety of others which could be why I ultimately became part of the battle against white collar crime.  As much as I love the concept, I cannot participate in traditional police work because I can’t touch a real gun and refuse to play hide and seek with small children for fear one will jump out at me.

Over 10 years ago I was an examiner in OCIE  for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC fighting the good fight against brokerage firms that weren’t exactly on the up and up to put it nicely.  I had NOTHING to do with Bernie Madoff and find the whole story shocking to say the least.  My coworkers were exceptional, intelligent individuals and I’m just waiting to see who in upper management was ultimately paid off.

While at the Commission, I met my fairy tale husband who wisked me away on his tank to sunny Southern California. 

 We’ve been on the move ever since including a near miss on 9/11 when he was working at the Pentagon.  Our first daughter was only 3 weeks old. 

For around 10 years I worked in a brokerage firms fighting crime and building Access databases just for fun. 

My favorite moment, other than persuading a female broker to confess that she stole an elderly lady’s credit card, was when I predicted that Martha Stewart would be going to jail and 200 people laughed at me.  Maybe xcon.tv will do a show about her!

Every now and then justice DOES prevail!

That being said, I signed up for the Virginia Beach Citizen’s Police Academy in January of this year and began blogging about the classes I attended.  My goal is to help everyday people  like myself get a better idea of how the real world works outside of tv shows like Law and Order and CSI.