Name: Well obviously you know my first and last name… so all that’s left is my middle name! Michele (one “L” not two… there is no hell in my name… LOL)

Equipment: Canon all the way Baby!! Bring on the white lenses! Now if only I could bring myself into the world of white computers Alas we are still PC.

Something you always have with you on photoshoots? Lens cloth to wipe my glasses… not my camera… its usually fine! Its my glasses that are the problem… but seeing as how I am nearly blind without forgoing them may not be a good idea!

3 things that are on your desk right now? 2 Mt Dew Cans, Iphone, an old mounted 11×14 misprint portrait that now serves as my mousepad.

What do you never leave home without? My Iphone… if its gone from me for more than an hour I start to have a panic attack! (seriously… I am addicted)… I even sleep with it under my pillow! I know its bad.

What is your biggest daily challenge? Balancing the studio, being a wife, and mom, and of course my medically challenged princess Kyleigh (read about here more on our family blog)

What is your favorite food? OMG… Mi Mexico Chips and Salsa… actually screw the chips… just bring me the salsa and spoon!! (yes its THAT good!)

Things I love… Old Navy Flip Flops, the smell of my pillow, Mt. Dew, the laughter of my children.

I am happiest when I am doing something NICE for someone else. Yeah so it sounds cliche but really… try it sometime! Its truly a high!

I always cry when my brides walk down the aisle. Always. I try to hide behind my camera… but if you look closely you will see tears falling off my cheeks! I am a hopeless romantic!

Best Business advice anyone ever gave you? Loving what you do is not enough.

What is your favorite locale to shoot? Downtown Lexington… not the touristy part… you have to go to the “ghetto” run down areas! Really though I love finding new things in our city. Anything that looks like its about to fall over… yeah… I am all over that!

What is the best part of shooting weddings? The adrenaline rush. There is NOTHING better!

What do you do when not working? Hold on wait… I actually have days off?? Someone forgot to give me that memo! In all seriousness… what I do when I am not at work? Normally you will find me blogging about my kids or working on my newest charity project.

If you were not a photographer what would you be? I would be a journalist. I have always wanted to write. Maybe some day I will finish my book

If you were a millionaire what would you buy? First I would pay off my parents and my In Law’s houses… and buy a huge chunk of land and put three brand new houses on it for our family and theirs. This way my kids would grow up seeing their grandparents every day. THEN I would furnish state of the art DEDICATED facilities for the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. I would complete it with the most amazing Child Life Department ever! I could want nothing more in life than to give a beautiful facility to help heal the children of Kentucky… and especially my own.

Theory on life? Each of us have a purpose in life. When our purpose is fulfilled our time here is done.

Words to live by? Go BIG or Go HOME