Category Archives: Personal

Day 4 Giveaway: A $25 Starbucks Giftcard!!

And the winner of the adorable knit elephant is ANNIKA WOOTON!!!! Make sure you email me: mabellphotography@gmail.com toVIEW FULL POST »

Day 3 Giveaway: A Knit Elephant from A Girl Named Leney!!

  And the winner of the MacBook decal isssssss Paige Syverson!!!! Make sure you email me: mabellphotography@gmail.comVIEW FULL POST »

Cinnamon Buns+Blue Boxes: A Proposal

Let me set the scene…I walk into Starbucks to meet George and his friend Justin. George is full of nervous energyVIEW FULL POST »

GIVEAWAY WEEK: DAY 2- MacBook Decal!!

And the winner of the Etsy gift card is……DRUMROLLLLL…..Abigail Edwards!!!! Make sure you email me:VIEW FULL POST »

GIVEAWAY WEEK: DAY 1- Etsy Gift Card!!

Day 1 of the week of giveaways is a $25 Etsy gift card!!! What is Etsy you ask? Think of it like an online boutique mallVIEW FULL POST »

Warehouses and Wandering

I absolutely loved going up to Lynchburg with Richard to visit my sweet friends McKenzie and Mariah. They actually didnVIEW FULL POST »

Freelensing

Freelensing is a technique that I’ve just started trying out recently, and I’m ALREADY in love!! It’sVIEW FULL POST »

Urbanna, VA

Urbanna is a very special place to me-it was one of the coolest places my Grandfather took me on my grandparent’sVIEW FULL POST »

Thrifting Finds

Okay so I’ve had this sinus infection for going on three days now-YUCK. I finally felt well enough today to getVIEW FULL POST »

On Being A Second Shooter

I love getting opportunities to work with fellow photogs as their second shooter. It’s so much fun getting to seeVIEW FULL POST »

February DIY: Nail Art Heart!

Who loves DIY?? THIS GIRL! I know a lot of us are Pinterest-a-holics, but when do we ever actually DO them?? Well SinceVIEW FULL POST »

Outside the Box

I’d like to start out with a story from elementary school. When I was in kindergarten, my art teacher, Mrs. FenskeVIEW FULL POST »

The Off Season.

So for most people, the months of January-March are fairly quiet in terms of paid shoots. Such is the case for me, so IVIEW FULL POST »

Friday Follow-up: It’s Too Cold

Okay can we just talk about how FRIGID it is outside? Where is the snow??? I can deal with cold as long as there’sVIEW FULL POST »

Wednesday Encouragement.

I call Wednesdays my “lump days”. No, that’s not a misspelling. I know people refer to it as “VIEW FULL POST »

Big Changes and Bigger Dreams.

So, first off, I adore Justin and Mary. I’ve followed them for a while, and they are just the best. When I heardVIEW FULL POST »

Friday Follow-up: Big Wigs&Gifts

Okay, so I went to this incredible conference in DC hosted by Justin & Mary, (who I cannot say enough about!) onVIEW FULL POST »

Shooting Every Day.

Do you ever have those days where you look at your camera, and you just think, “Oh my gosh you are SO heavy!”VIEW FULL POST »

New Toys and 30×40 Dreaming.

It’s been one heck of a year. Between lots of personal happenings, business happenings, and just in generalVIEW FULL POST »

On Being Thankful..

A lot of people on Facebook have been doing the “30 Days of Thankfulness” for November, which is awesome. IVIEW FULL POST »

This Week In Review.

Currently I’m at the beach and I told myself I wouldn’t do a lot of work…But I had to get at least oneVIEW FULL POST »

Business Cards Are Here!!

First of all, I held off getting these because I’m horrible with decisions and I kept changing my design. But itVIEW FULL POST »

Macy!

This puppy is just precious! She’s a boxer and her name is Macy. My friend Nora is fostering her on behalf ofVIEW FULL POST »

A Long Way Home.

A young girl, a windstorm, a train station…VIEW FULL POST »