Beautifully and Authentically Telling People's Stories on the East Coast and Worldwide
It is January. The time our world gets rewritten. It is the beginning of the new year, the start of setting goals, making promises, and purchasing planners. During this epic time of start overs and settling into your chair with a pencil in hand, it seems like the road has become my closest friend. It…
2012. Twas a great year. So much was given. So much was received. So much love was displayed with many hugs and even more kisses. So many lived and many lives changed. The beginning of many narratives displaying authentic moments. Photography that helped bring an orphan home. 2012 Twas a great year. James 1:17
Kristin, you have a great heart and an incredible talent.
This is a story of 4 kids who one night while their parents were far, far away ate freely of all the candy their bellies could take. A Christmas time tradition we like to call making gingerbread houses. They ate and ate and ate until they all had to rolled up the stairs one by one…
Loved this! and I love you!
I have syrup in my hair, a never ending pile of laundry, stairs that collect toys, socks and blankets. A table that no matter how often I scrub it, stays sticky. A wake up call at 6:15 to begin breakfast, pack lunches and pray. A mini- van, playing the local station and sleepy heads counting down…
[...] For two years they as a family have been in the process of adopting a little girl from China. I came and watched their first four while they were in China getting their 5th, which gave me the first glimpse at the airport when the escalator delivered to us their Papa, [...]
Aw, thank you for sharing these! Brings me a little closer to the sweet scene. Gracious – don’t you just know they will treasure these photos? And Shiloh will be able to look back on them as she hears her story again and again – seeing how she was and is so cherished by her family. Way to use your gifts to bless and bless and serve and bless and glorify our God!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
Tearing up Kristin you make me feel like I’m there.
Very awesome!!
Seriously can’t read their blog or your post without bawling my eyes out. Love love love! Thanks for serving them so well, friend!
Love it! Such a great post and such a great friend to a great family!
This is so precious! Orphans have a special place in my heart and I have incredible admiration for this family’s sacrifice. Praying for a safe trip home and a lovely Christmas with their new family!
We have said our vows, promises to keep. In plenty and in wanting by your side I will be. Your hand in mine we are eagerly awaiting our first child. Love from the beginning in the middle and to the end. Yesterday, tomorrow and now a family we will be. Josh & Val. Beloved Josh and…
Love every aspect of this… location and the people in front of the lens and the one behind it!
Gorgeous as always!
[...] The Little Things isn’t just a photography conference about technique, it’s about being and becoming authentic. Authentic with yourself and Authentic with others. It is a day to Feel the freedom to Be Less Awesome & More Authentic. It is day to “Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.” proverbs 4:26 When do we stop and ponder and consider why we do what we do everyday? We want to get to the core of why we do what we do and grow in doing what matters! The Little Things will be a day that we, Casey Chappell & I and you run openly in that direction. Come, come with us!! It IS freeing I promise. To check out some more specifics, Check out Casey’s write up by going here. If you want to sign up you can here or here Can’t wait to see all of you there! I know that each and everyone of you has been handpicked. I am excited! tucked away under Photographers, Photography « The Rieslands. Family Contact Me Post to FacebookPin This [...]
What a wonderful photographer philosophy… thanks for reminding us of the small things in life that really matter : ).
There are routines that we enter into everyday. They have become so normal to us because they are ordinary. By looking into the ordinary you find a lot of little things, that become the biggest treasures. For me, there is a time of day that I knew that I didn’t want to forget. It was picking…
I was a nanny before Lev came, and we had our routines and plans and activities and I loved every minute of it. When they went to school and I had to spend that first day by myself, I felt adrift and needed a minute (or a week or longer…) to find my way. It really helped shape motherhood for me. You’ll always remember and treasure this experience! It will be one your best.
Aww 
A few days ago I went to the grocery store and my eyes beheld Christmas and all it’s grandeur draped on and over every isle. My eyes scanned the isle, and I fell upon lifesavers. Then I began to remember.. When I was a little girl my mom and dad would always give my sisters’…
I would think of the Butterfingers my grandmother gave me. Mmmm. Nice article! And nice looking handwritten letters!
PS: 3 dots! 
I never really liked life savers but I always like the mint things that were right next to them
Jello really IS an 80′s desert. Good call on that one. And Butter Rum life savers are my favs.
You all will grow up and even now are growing so fast. Changes are taking place, you are forming complete sentences, reaching higher and running faster. Your voices echo the sweetest words asking for more and please. Your little person’s are reminders that you are watching everything. You are little mirrors. We pray we reflect…
beeda loves the pictures!
Love this session, Cookie!
perfection
We love you dearly!!! Thanks for capturing the happy memories in our first home! These will always be so special to me since that is the house all my babies came home too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t say enough how happy we are with the photos!!
simply beautiful.
Casey, asked me if I would like to join her, along with a few other friends, as she writes a letter to her 16 year old self. I have a hard time saying no to that girl! Well deep breaths, here it goes. There are many, many things I wish to share and some I…
[...] STEPHANIE, ANGELA, BONNIE, KRISTIN…. Thank you for giving me a glimpse into your past and for beautifully writing these posts! I [...]
Kristin, your words are so beautiful. I know your 16 year old self would be so proud of where you are today! P.S. I want to try these scones
oh my, girl! look at you at 16. so, so thankful that you heard God’s voice whispering sweet mercies to you. that you ran to Him when He beckoned you. that He has used your brokenness and your newness to be a light in this dark world. I am so thankful for how God has used you in MY life and praise Him for how He has used you in so many others. love you!
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