About the photographer...

Personal notes...

Photography should not just be about just taking a photo ; it is showing the emotion that was there at the time and capturing it in a photo for a lifetime to view when you have forgotten the feeling that you had at that event. THAT is what I strive for.

Studying at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana made me fall in love with photography all over again. I had shot fine art before and a little photojournalism but only as a hobby. Learning under instructors that had worked with Ansel Adams , Galen Rowell ( world renown adventure/outdoors photographer ), David Middleton ( fine art) and Nevada Weir ( stock / photojournalism, fine art), Barbara Van Cleve ( award winning western photographer), as well as others; I learned to put depth and meaning into my art.

I have been lucky enough to have my works published in the Woodland Zoo Calender in Seattle , Washington; a book 2000 The New Millineum which features Boise's Capital with fireworks in with photos from around the world; had photos featured in movie credits such as " Firehouse Dog"and worked for the Idaho Press Tribune as a photojournalistic news photographer.

As a photojournalist I covered everything from news/business to art to sports and loved it. When we had the opportunity to go to Louisiana to show the highs and lows of our wonderful troops headed to Iraq; I got to go and stay there a week with our boys along with Governor Dirk Kempthorne and rock and roll great Paul Revere and the Raiders. Ben Fletcher ( IPT Reporter) and I talked to and photographed the boys from enjoying time relaxing, talking to us about their families, attending special events , eating Thanksgiving dinner with them and finally watching them board the plane that would eventually take them to Iraq.We learned alot from them and them about us; and they took a piece of our heart on the plane with them. Most returned home but some didn't... I will cherish that time with them forever in my life.What brave and wonderful guys we have over there.Another of my loves was BSU football and shooting sports!!! GO BRONCOS!!!

Photojournalism, however, does not work hand in hand with having a family and family in the end took priority. I do miss it and hope to get a little back with dbh photography. Family and being a Christian are #1 with us and we are lucky to have two awesome boys; ages 18 and 20 that keep us running but very proud! One will be a junior at the College of Idaho and the other will be attending NNU in the fall. My husband Troy and I are lucky enough to live in the wonderful community of Middleton and have been blessed with wonderful friends here.

I love the people out there and their amazing stories! If you need a photographer to cover your lifes events in anything from youth sports to family reunions or even a birthday party. I love them all! Call me and I can shoot those for you and capture memories that will last forever!