About

Hey there! I’m Maria and I am I use way too many exclamation points and … at the end of sentences!  Hmmm… what else about me?

I’m an Iowa farm girl who moved to Dallas in 2001. It was worth the adjustment since I met my crazy funny, amazing husband Frank here! lol

I grew up as a ‘tomboy’ with 2 brothers closest to me in age, and I’m a jeans & t-shirt girl all the way. My husband thought he was getting off easy by meeting someone who wasn’t ‘high maintenance’…. until I shot my first wedding. I came home from that wedding and told Frank, “I found my GIRLY gene!!!” I then proceeded to subscribe to every bridal magazine in existence. (And bought tons of photography equipment, which ended my claim to not being a high-maintenance gal.)

I’m known for crazy ideas, being super animated, and my mad driving skills (credited to the BEST driving instructors out there: Bo & Luke, from The Dukes of Hazard)!

I love white chocolate peppermint mocha lattes, 80′s new wave music, indie ‘girl-power’ songs, and scary movies.

Things I can’t live without:  my camera, my Mac computer, my iPhone.

Favorite way to spend my time:  with my husband and our two doggies, an American  Bulldog named Buster, and a bordercollie named Raven.  We’re often found with them at the dog park at White Rock lake.

This is Buster, with his favorite pink pig.  (Admit it, your heart just melted a bit seeing him kissing on his pink piggy!)

This is Raven.  She is smart as a whip! But she’s a bit ‘unhinged’ mentally.  She knows her sole job in life is to protect her two-legged’s.  Especially when it comes to the vicious, scary WASHING MACHINE & DRYER.  She knows we don’t understand it, but she totally sees through the harmless facade those two machines are putting up in front of us two-leggeds.

Photographs tell a story. They capture the emotions, document our lives, and act as a permanent memory that strengthens the bond in relationships.  I believe that photographs should reflect our lives: comfortable, not always matching or clean-cut, and showing life as it happens… and I can’t wait to tell your story!!