Consider this my diary entry for this blog post. Consider this a part of me that needed to be essential. To be a non essential worker in this day means you basically have no dire need for existence for the world. As a photographer to feel the word NON followed by ESSENTIAL run through your body, hurts to the core. I am flooded with emotions knowing that the thing that fuels me most is to seek moments, to provide memories, to capture our very breath in an image is so essential to me. This is the one and only thing we are seeking in this moment is the memories of how we survived this covid19, to seek the moments we created in this quarantined environment. I know that to save lives we must limit our contact to be able to exist together in lighter world when this ends. Life is happening still, the trees still move when the wind blows, the grass is still ever growing lush and green, and you still breathe, we still breathe.

As a photographer life is essential, to capture is essential, I cannot wait to for memories we get to create running through open fields and chasing light. Though I cannot wait, I beg of you to still see the good as the sun has risen to shine on you more during this time, I want you to feel the sun and the wind greet you as if it was or may be the hand of God himself letting you know this too shall pass. There is no greater safe haven than to feel the hope for tomorrow. The hope of a bright new day to carry out whatever your heart desires ( quarantined of course) non essential doesn't mean you do not have a place it means you are saved for a better place. You are to fill the lives with blessings, to fill the void where the heart yearned for more. Desire and love for more when this is over means you are finding out what is truly important to you and what matters most. Everyone out there who wishes they could dine in a place, everyone who wishes they could go shopping, go to the park, they are yearning for a privilege but of basic human rights. For those who just want to get back to their routine of work are yearning for a better tomorrow. 

To be non essential is a strange way of waiting but knowing there is a place saved for us when we can commute side by side and shake hands once again is a promise I can't wait to keep. Non-Essential = Saved for a better place 


To live is the rarest thing in the world, Most people just exist.- Oscar Wilde. 

Do this and that and come back and do it again. What is it all for? What are you doing to yourself? What are you doing for yourself? I make a to do list nearly every day of the things that need to be done and boy does it feel good to take a pen and scratch the heck out of the task I just completed. I set minute goals so not only to I feel a sense of accomplishment but to set realistic goals that I can focus my undivided attention to. At the end of the day that piece of paper with goals and tasks all scratched out makes me feel on top of the world. Here are 5 things that you need on your to do list every day to feel more successful. 

There is no doubt we all could be a little more active and jumpstarting any day with a little cardio or weight training will help center your mind and body for success. The day depends on your first actions and for me getting a good start on the day is with a workout. It doesn't have to be super long just a good jump to get your juices going! 

SO what do you gotta do? like take out the trash, Start the laundry, pick up things for work...... WELL put it all on your list. The more items you have that are smaller the more often you get to go back to your list and mark it off. Each little task is important and imperative to your daily grind and marking it off feels so good. 

Are you treating yourself? Do you write in time for your hair appointment, nails done? Are you going out for a coffee if you finish your list? Or maybe you go have a cheat meal and get yourself a donut?  Write it in, Schedule it in, YOU DESERVE IT. That list is full of the mundane tasks and you know you have kicked butt working on completing it. You do you girl! ( or boy)

This one I have a SUPER HARD time following but more so lately it is important and becoming more important for me to stop doing it all. Your downtime isn't as big as your uptime but just like you working or getting things done it is just as important for you to realign your priorities and to reset for your next long to do list. Downtime you need to literally sit on that couch and stop, Play a game on your phone, read a book, take a nap. NO ONE can judge you for your down time when you are busting that to do list up! 

Goodness am I learning this one more than I ever thought I could. I am learning that there are things you DON'T need to do. You don't need negativity. Cut that out right now. Write it everywhere. Put this tidbit in your planner, your to do list, a post-it note by your mirror. Literally everywhere!  Keep away from a negative mind and put bad things and thoughts as a to don't. More to don'ts can be things that we can all work on, Don't listen to respond, Don't give to receive, Don't let your emotions carry you away, Don't stew over mistakes or undone tasks, And DON'T be perfect!  

No doubt this is a given, somebody at sometime during the day will spill the tears! 

Lots of kisses on the wedding day and you will need some lip coverage 

Yeah, just don't forget it 

Tampons, panty liners, pads etc. Stress and other life factors can bring Aunt Flow at the most inopportune times, Make sure you are prepared 

There are spills, accidents and this pen isn't just for the bride but anyone who has something drop on them during the day. 

Your big day is happening and you are just about to put on that dress and OOPS, I forgot to shave my pits! Or something ... A razor in your pack will save the day! 

I get it girl, those shoes are amazing, they stun for sure but you will not be able to walk the next day much less dance later in the evening if you have been strutting all day in your pumps. 

You may have your makeup covered by an artist or already have it done but touch ups may be required if you cry, Mom kisses her lipstick on you and you have to rub off your foundation etc. 

again your hair girl just left and the wind is picking up, Make sure you have a can of spray to keep everyone in the bridal party looking like a queen! 

Speaking of hair and keeping it in place, You may need a little extra help in keeping the fly aways down. 

Snagged nails or pesky tags on your dress. Either way you need something to get the job done without ripping your skin or your dress. 

So much is going on during the day forgetting to eat is NOT an option. 

Messages, phone calls, texts, posts etc You have a lot going on and your point of contact should not go down. Charge it up! 

Remaining payments to vendors, Tips for vendors or Hell even a soda for a pick me up at a nearby vending machine. It doesn't matter but don't forget to have something on you for the big day. 

whether or not you are following tradition your must haves or keepsakes that are part of your day shouldn't be left at home. This includes your jewelry or personal items that will complete you on your wedding day. 

You DO NOT want thirsty hands and legs on your big day, No ashy skin or any other type of dry skin. You want to look flawless! 

Again with the stress, the possible untimely womanhood, or your bachelorette party sneaking up on you, This is not the day for a headache. 

This includes a comfy bra too! Make sure you have something you feel more comfortable in. Your dress may be the most amazing thing you have ever purchased but they can be heavy or itchy or down right breath constricting. Be comfy at the end of the day! 

The last thing you want is to have some foul breath as you practically run to your groom! 

Feel Free to add any of your lifesaving items in the comments! 

I hope you have THE PERFECT wedding day! 

I love Summer, I really truly do but there is something about the crisp mornings and the smell of the leaves and Earth as they meet. Something about gearing up to settle in for a long Winter. ( I almost hate winter)  I think we all look forward to Fall, people tend to start slowing down a little, the grass stops growing so dang fast and the Sun gets tired a little earlier, The trees sway with a song. Fall I look forward to most of all because of the sessions I begin to shoot and the natural warm tone that is in an unedited photo. I love the cozy sweaters in the some days we get to wear them in Kentucky. Don't get me stared on leggings ( God's gift, I swear) 


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October 5th   Our Fall Campfire Minis  Get them here: squareup.com/store/dynamite-image/item/fall-campground

October 26th Our Fall Family Mini sessions These sessions almost always automatically sell out when they are posted because Fall is a magical time for Family photos! 

Gearing up for Christmas we will have Multiple Christmas options for Minis as well, Our Pajama themed Christmas Slumber is Novemeber 22nd Get them Here: squareup.com/store/dynamite-image/item/christmas-slumber 
November 23rd is our Vintage Truck Christmas minis which sold out rather quickly as well. I love the Family love in our Minis!! 

Heading into December our Grinch Themed Christmas sessions are exciting and I can't wait for them 
 December 7th Merry Grinchmas  Get them Here: squareup.com/store/dynamite-image/item/merry-grinchmas



I hope you and your family come join us at some point during our Fall adventures! I am so super excited 

 It took me all Summer to read a book. It was a very amazing and insightful book. It wasn't like it was boring it just took the back burner as the world around me evolved and changed and shifted into more than I could imagine. During this Summer I took a 9 day vacation to many locations in the southern half of the country, I enjoyed my family to the deepest and learned to let go as I completely unplugged my phone, Well nearly completely. I FOR REAL signed a lease and opened up a real life studio that I have put off doing for many years. I generally shoot outdoors and have no need to shoot inside into the winter months but shaking some things up and allowing for growth into new genres and different ways to look at things is always a good step. I shot nearly 100 sessions this Summer and met so many new families. Weddings hit a galore in the peak season and I have worked my butt off to make sure I am in the zone to hit the peak of this season full throttle. Through this I have learned more about myself. I am not the same person. I am not the same age. I am older but wiser for sure. BUT WOW. I have taken the time to sit back and realize what I am doing to really hit those check marks off on my to do list. AND NO this isn't a traditional blog post about who I photographed or what is new in my photography business but a revelation post about who I am and who I was when I began as a photographer. I set out with goals and I am finally proud of what I am doing and what I am producing. Verbally... well textually confirming that I am generally pleased is therapeutic and I challenge you to do the same. What are you doing? What do you want? What can you do to reach those goals? 

Be proud of yourself, who you are and what you are doing. If you can't be change it! 

Celebrate each step

​Sincerely, wonderfully and with love,

​Tiffani

The Summer days will still be with us for a little while but our Summer break of laughter, travel and more memories is soon going to turn into school schedules, homework and full backpacks. I do look forward to my babies going on to the new year and with confidence of their journey's they pocketed through the 75 days of full throttle to dos and hope to dos. I just always have a sense of hesitation, the wish for a few more weeks to squeeze in the love to really watch them grow and their faces light up. Everything we do I try to look at it as if my children are remembering it. I want to know what their memories will hold and if they will tell their stories of their childhood over and over again to their children. I want to know what their fast being hearts yearn for and what I could do better to keep their magic going. 

Summer is a time of exploring a time of families and campfires. I know we still have more trips and things on our list of things we want to do, but I enjoy the spontaneous right now sort of things that organically happen in the Summer. The jump in the lake or sit back reminiscence of Summer air. I don't like to be confined and sometimes school feels that way. Sending them back means rough mornings ( some of them in the beginning) It means less hours of the sun and more time working. I know, I know life can't always be continuously carefree and fun days and we must earn them through hard work and concentration. Deep down it is just knowing for hours through the day I am going to miss them like ... well like something I can't explain. 

In the end I know I did everything I could to make this Summer an unforgettable one and one to really put in the books for their little hearts to create from. I am just being a selfish mom who counts down the time to see their faces again. School in a week means time to buckle down and get our bodies aligned to the hours and our minds set for a successful year. Time to plan and save for the trips that will set our hearts free to accept new parts of the world. It is a cycle I suppose is good to have even though I hold the brakes hard during this week coming up. 

Here is to a new school year, new things to learn and more growth than I can give them, new teachers to love and new friends too. 2019-2020 year I know you are coming and are going to be amazing, just take it easy on this mama! 

Let me tell you about a little brick shack in Hardinsburg KY. I searched and searched everywhere looking for something I could call my second home and take photos throughout the winter. I made phone calls and even contemplated taking on the entire project of gutting a standing building and starting from nothing. After feeling defeated over and over again I finally decided to just give up, my dream of opening up my own studio has fallen short and after 10 years maybe it wasn't meant to happen. Well, driving trough town that day I passed a place that I have HUNDREDS of times before only to realize there was actually a " FOR RENT" sign in the window and the building had been empty for quite some time. That was it, That was this journey's new beginning. I quickly called for a meeting with the lady that owned it only to never get a phone call back even after I called and left a message twice. Again defeat was written all over me. Nope that's it the towel was thrown in ( not really because that is not who I am) I went by again another day and realized I had called the wrong number for days now! Way to go Tiff, Jeez I missed it by one number. My fingers excitedly put the number in the first time but one number off stopped me from getting an answer. Back to calling I got a hold of the sweetest little Dorothy and Soon thereafter had me my own little studio. I am just so excited to finally have an opening date. There is so much to do still but so much to capture and stories that will fill that building. Dynamite Image will have a home of it's own and add to the community on a whole other level.  (deep breaths) I am ready to move forward to this big step with you guys. Stay tuned. 



OPENING JULY 13th 2019