11/12/2026
Emerald Isle, 2012. We were on vacation with my husband’s family, and the photographer had Jeremy and me stand together while Maddox, our first dog, sat a little way off. He was about a year old.
Lean in and kiss, she said.
The second we did, Maddox started barking at us. He did not appreciate being left out.
That’s the first image you see in this carousel. And this is what started my love for silhouettes.
You can’t see our faces. You don’t need to. That one image sums up our family: him, us, the noise, all of it. It became the first large piece of wall art I ever bought, a 30 x 40 inch canvas. It still hangs in our home, and my heart still gets happy every time I walk past it.
So when I moved to the Crystal Coast, silhouettes were just something I always shot. But so many of my clients tell me they don’t want to be in any of the pictures, so I ask them to trust me. I photograph the smiles and the eye contact and the real moments with their dogs, and then I always make the silhouette too. No face to worry about. No wondering how you look. Just the feeling.
Silhouettes have been some of my most purchased wall art, even before anyone asked for one by name. Now it’s the number one image people request.
You don’t have to show your face to be in the picture. Your dog doesn’t have to sit perfectly either (mine barked).
📸 Cover image by Paige Overturf | Photography & Personal Growth, 2012.
Every other image in this post is mine.
