I can't say enough GREAT things about Kelly, so you'd best pull up a chair. Seriously, she is the…read morereal deal, and if you knew how photo-phobic I am, you'd know that that statement is the most ringing endorsement a photographer can get!
I am a writer and my first book (a YA novel) is coming out in the fall. I didn't want to include my pic on the book, but the publisher insisted. He also insisted on a professional pic. I chose Kelly after seeing her great Yelp reviews. And she has earned all the praise, and more!
Even before I met her for the photo shoot, she was awesome-- kind, responsive, helpful, warm (and sometimes it's hard to be all that just over email). We ended up meeting at Overlook Park in GT for the shoot, and she encouraged me to bring an extra outfit if I wanted to change (b/c I got 2 different poses).
Not only is she just as nice, warm, kind, gracious, and attentive in person, she is incredibly skilled as well. She put me at ease SO quickly (I was SO nervous, y'all!! I'm a writer b/c I want to stay hidden in my words...i don't want pics of me!), and before I knew it, I was actually having fun!! I couldn't believe it. That is a gift Kelly has, knowing what each person needs and then being able to adapt accordingly. I'm so grateful I met her.
So the shoot was great, but then I got the proof gallery with SO many shots I loved (it was hard to select just 2, much to my amazement...I had thought I'd have trouble picking one b/c I typically hate pics of myself). So that process was awesome, and then she sent me the edited shots and I marveled at her great skill as an artist. Really, she has such an eye for the art of photography at every single level. I am so happy with the pics, and my publisher is too (and I've gotten compliments on them from others on social media, etc.).
Yay and thank you, Kelly! I am telling all my writer friends about you, and you will be the only photographer I will ever call. I appreciate you sharing your talent with me and making something that could have been hugely stressful for me actually fun and productive, and leaving me with a product I really LOVE. Thank you, thank you! I am grateful for what you do and how you do it!!
Y'all, if you need any kind of pics, Kelly is the only photographer you need! :-) :-) :-)