Wandering a sunflower field grown near the bay, a dear friend and her first daughter.

The year 2020 in review

Collecting seeds in the fall from the garden.

A group of sisters who spend the summer days in the lagoon and deemed protectors of the great tree.

The journey of turning the scary basement spare room into a dress storage area!

The Year 2019 in review.

A group of women embarking on a journey to a lagoon in the woods- flowing skirts, plenty of laughter and the soft sound of water.

The little purple flowers are back and this year I tried something new.

What daffodils taught me this spring about my artist self.

The Year 2018 in review.

Sometimes vintage stinks….literally.

This year I was a mermaid for Halloween! My biggest spirit animal dream come true. This is a breakdown of my entire costume from crown to tail!

A fresh, new pair of creative eyes.

Let's talk about edible flowers! Pulling honeysuckle off the vine in the Summertime was always my favorite thing to do as a kid, it still is.

All about turning 25.

I have always been what I call a waiter-saver. 

The year 2017 in review.

Surviving the toughest season of the year.

Artists get in ruts all the time, we get smacked down and we get back up.

6 hours. 5 women. Out somewhere in the mountains of Virginia where phone service is nonexistent. Traveling through a landscape that doesn’t seem real and even though it is, you feel too unworthy to be in its presence. A group called “The Guardians” comes to life.

All the plans I had went out the window. It was one of the biggest disappointments in my life at that time. A letdown moment like no other. Even today it is funny to remember how I felt, sitting in the van with a torn rejection letter. I was devastated, confused and angry. My life changed.

After a week or so of visiting old photographer friends and making new ones, I realized the importance of having creative buddies and how it has changed my photography world. 

Gardening is my favorite thing to do besides photography. I get my exercise, prayer time, and relaxation by digging in dirt and taking care of plants I have brought up since seeds. At first I thought gardening and photography were two separate things in my life. Gardening was a way to recoup when photography took too much out of me.

LaRue’s senior exhibition for Shepherd University.