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What's Your VIBE?
The first step to creating your senior pictures with Optical Poetry is a personal consultation at my office in McKinney and my first...
Aug 30, 20201 min read


What to Wear in Senior Pictures - Girls
This is by far my #1 question that clients ask. What should I wear??? While I have to say that the STYLE depends on a few factors, your...
Aug 17, 20203 min read


"Girls of all kinds can be beautiful..."
from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing, and all in between." - Tyra...
Aug 3, 20201 min read


How to Look Better in Photos
I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Peter Hurley last week at Imaging USA in Nashville, TN. Coincidentally, my husband...
Jan 31, 20201 min read


2020 Fashion Model Experience
Each year, the #OPPSenior Model Team has the opportunity to participate in the exclusive Fashion Model Experience. While it varies each...
Jan 25, 20201 min read


2019 Year End Recap
To say 2019 has been an exciting year for me would be an understatement. The word about my work and business is starting to get out and I...
Nov 27, 20191 min read


First 2020 #OPPSenior knocks it out of the park!!
We have kicked off the 2020 Senior Portrait season with one of our #OPPSenior Model Reps, Shae. We started at The Fabrication Yard where...
Jun 20, 20191 min read


4th Magazine Feature, this time it's International!!
I have been blessed to be featured in our 4th publication this weekend. My first print publication was Issue 2 of seniorMUSE in March of...
Jun 2, 20191 min read


Fashion Photography @ Texas School
I had the privilege of attending Steve Ellinger's class, "The Fashionable Side of Photography", at Texas School 2019. We heard from model...
May 29, 20191 min read


Introducing the 2020 #OPPSenior Models!
After sifting through many applications and narrowing the selection to 10 invited Class of 2020 Seniors, we have our strong team of 6 for...
May 22, 20191 min read


What's More Fun Than an Arcade?!
"In the early '80s, the arcade game Pac-Man was twice as popular as oxygen." -Charlie Brooker I have been envisioning this shoot since...
Mar 22, 20191 min read


Cover Models have been CHOSEN!
Designing the Senior Client Guide is a long, detailed process that ends with me choosing the photo for the cover. Our previous cover...
Jan 14, 20191 min read


The Fashion Model Experience 2019
As part of the #OPPSenior Model Program, the models get to participate in The Fashion Model Experience. It is a full day of professional...
Dec 19, 20181 min read


Boho Chic #OPPSenior & #OPPRising Star Model Shoot
For this year's combined group shoot, including the #OPPSenior and #OPPRisingStar Model Teams, I decided to go with a Bohemian theme...
Sep 2, 20181 min read


Unbelievable Before and After Photos
The #OPPSenior Model Team has the opportunity to participate in The Fashion Model Experience each year. This event takes place at a...
Jul 31, 20181 min read


Butterflies @ Texas Discovery Gardens
For our final model shoot, the 2018 #OPPSenior Model Team and I went to the Texas Discovery Gardens to interact with the butterflies....
May 2, 20181 min read


Katie From Lovejoy High
"I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the...
Nov 2, 20171 min read


The Fashion Model Experience 2018
"One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything." - Liya Kebede One of the benefits of being selected as an...
Sep 5, 20171 min read
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