You can't have a new website...

Without a new blog! So without further adieu......


I announce my new blog!


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New Website!

I am excited to announce that I have launched my new website! It features fresh work from recent weddings and portrait sessions. Thanks to all you that have made my second year in business so successful! You will also notice that I have added an associate that will also be available for weddings. You will hear more about her later!

There's a lot going on behind the scenes here at OCP. I am excited about the opportunities that are coming up! Keep checking out the blog for more exciting news!

Carson + Bryson

This weekend I got to go to a houseful of screaming 3 year olds! My good friend had a birthday party for her twins and they had a blast.

I wanted to share a book that I designed for their party. It is a twist on the engagement guest book. The idea is to have your guest sign their book and when they get older they can see what people wrote to them at their birthday party; plus mom has a great book with pictures of her little one(s). These little books are so cute! (Thanks to my friend for the idea.)

Here are a few of the pages from their book.

Jenny + Brandon

This weekend I drove up to Candler, NC for Jenny and Brandon's e-session. We hung out a little at Pisgah High, where Brandon is a coach. Then we drove up to Cataloochie Ranch for more pictures. We enjoyed the 65 degree weather up there! Jenny and Brandon are such a sweet couple and it was so interesting to get to know them better. Here are a few from the day:

Aspen + Jay

Here are a few pics from an e-session from last night. Aspen and Jay are such a cool couple...just look at her dress! They are such a cute couple and I can't wait for the wedding.























Can you tell I liked her shoes?!

Tag....I'm it!

I have such a fun network of photographers! There is a game going on in the photography community where we "tag" each other. Regina Holder has tagged me so what I have to do now is tell everyone eight things they probably don't know about me and then tag 5 other photographers.

So here it goes....

1. My first camera was a Pentax K1000 that I got for Christmas my junior year of high school. It is completely manual, so when all of my pictures were turning out blurry I found out I needed glasses!

2. I have traveled to every continent except Antarctica and South America.

3. I love to do yardwork. I would rather be outside in all of this heat planting flowers or even mowing than inside and cleaning!

4. I am allergic to cats....I am actually allergic to any animal with hair. I realize the irony in this as I have three cats and the name of my company is "Orange Cat", but I love them! I have had cats my whole life and I have so many cat stories (good, bad and funny).

5. I love CSI...I can watch every single eposide in a week! (Miami, Vegas, NY) I think Miami is my favorite...it is fun to laugh at Horatio's one-liners. I guess my crime interest stems back from my Nancy Drew days....I think I read every book the library owned when I was in elementary school.

6. I speak Swedish...maybe a lot of you knew this, though. After living in Sweden for two years I learned the language quite well. I have to speak it to my in-laws because they do not want to speak English. (And I think my Swedish is better than their English now.)

7. I am addicted to coffee....this is also linked back to my days in Sweden (and Denmark). If I don't drink at least one cup of coffee (or anything with caffeine) I get a headache.

8. My second art is ceramics. It has been a refuge and stress reliever for me during college. While living in Sweden it gave me pure inspiration and a new family. It is what I miss most about Sweden! (Besides my family of course!)


Okay, so I tag:

Amanda Caldwell

Brooke Turner


Christopher Record

Melody Hood

Nam Nguyen of BTO Photography

Rebecca + Brian

The Best Man said at the wedding that there are two kinds of people that Rebecca and Brian meet: Friends, and people soon to be friends. I couldn't agree with this more. I met them earlier this summer during their engagement session and felt like I had known them for years! When I arrived that Saturday she looked at me and told me how glad she was to have a friend photographing her wedding. It meant a lot to me to be able to share this special day with them. Here are a few images: