HAPPY HALLOWEEN and welcome to the 43rd week of Shoot and Edit: Part 1! Click HERE for all the details and upcoming prompts/themes and past tutorials. This week our theme or prompt is “Costumes” (this is just a suggestion, you can show us any SOOC shot…much like I did this week). You have until Wednesday each week to link your SOOC shot up on Jill’s blog. On Thursday, you can link up your edits with ME after following some of my tips on how to edit your shots (or just post your edit on Thursday and you can pick up my tips for next week).I haven’t dressed up for...

Hi, my name is Ashley and I’m a stretch-aholic. Let me explain. For the past few weeks, I’ve said that my photos are a stretch. Stretch or not, I’ve been a little busy between my day job and life…therefore, I haven’t been as intentional about what I’m photographing for the scavenger hunt. I guess it doesn’t really matter, but I felt the need to confess. Alright, moving right along.In other news, we went to the beach with my family this weekend. I hope to share some photos from our time together later this week – my sweet sister even let me...

Last weekend, I gave my husband two simple requests. 1) I wanted pumpkin pancakes – I only request these one time a year (mostly because they’re only offered in October, but still). 2) I wanted to go to the North Carolina State Fair at night for a little photography date. It was super crowded…and on any normal day, we would have stayed far far away, but I kept my husband occupied with dirty fair food so I could take advantage of “all of the lights.” “Turn up the lights in here baby. Extra bright, I want y’all to see this. Turn up the lights in here...

Earlier this week (Shoot and Edit: Week 42 – Memories SOOC), I shared one of my favorite memories from a revisit visit to my in-laws. Yes, it is out-of-focus, but I think it adds a feeling of nostalgia. The more I look at this image, the more I love it. It reminds me family…more importantly it is a glimpse of what life is going to look like when we have our own family. It won’t necessarily matter where we live, home will always be the place where I’m surrounded by those that I love the most (by the way, while writing this post, I couldn’t help but to listen to...