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 photo shoots? 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? a stack of coupons (yes!  my second love!), 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.  As of recently I have managed to detach myself from it a bit but I still feel like I carry my whole LIFE on that thing!  (darn you APPLE!)

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

What is your favorite food? OMG… Mi Mexico Chips and Salsa… actually… forgo.. 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 and 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!  Donating stuff to the Ronald McDonald House, shooting a NILMDTS session… those are the things that I LIVE for.

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. (its OH so true.)

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… is where you find me creating the my best work.

What is the best part of shooting weddings? The adrenaline rush. There is NOTHING better! 10 grueling hours, on a June Saturday at 95 degrees and 110% Kentucky Humidity… then I emerge victorious, dehydrated, heel spur throbbing and I couldn’t be happier!  (sounds kind of warped when you look at it that way.)

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, working on my newest charity project, or clipping coupons, filing coupons, searching coupon sites for deals, shopping with coupons or mailing in rebates from coupons (… yeah… lots of coupons!).

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 house (and my own!) and all of the debt we have accrued from Kyleigh’s medical issues. 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.  I believe in the power of Child Life.  We have frequented hospitals in 4 different states in search of care for our daughter, and the Child life department at Cincinnati Children’s is next to none.  I desperately want that for the children of Central Kentucky!

Theory on life? Each of us have a purpose in life. When our purpose is fulfilled our time here is done.  Most of life is spent learning lessons.  These are usually not EASY but they will change and mold you into the person you are to become.

Words to live by? Go BIG or Go HOME…. there is no in between.

My all time favorite Image? I don’t know what it is but this image just calls my name.  No matter how many weddings I shoot at Talon this one is still “it” for me.  I get chills every single time I see it.