Last week we found Bella in the most unlikely of places. The gift tags at Nordstrom. I’m used to finding her in the darkness of our bedroom as I’m drifting off to sleep. Or in […]
photographing holiday magic with a little twinkle, sparkle, & glow
On your mark. Get set. Ready or not it’s time to start photographing holiday magic! With my list of tasks to accomplish in the next month piling up I pondered taking an evening for myself […]
today’s lesson: photograph like a 10 year old
Last week I began an after school photography club with 8 enthusiastic 10 and 11 year olds. I had no idea what to expect from these wide-eyed sponges, other than the fact that they’d be […]
the texture of your life
Stop. Right now just stop. Take a deep breath. And simply look around. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in life that we forget to breathe. We have to survive the morning commute and day […]
work with them where they are
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. ~ Henri Cartier […]
A lesson in gratitude
I am pretty certain that my favorite month out of all twelve is November. The weather begins to turn colder, we get to snuggle up inside under fleece blankets, with warm mugs of coffee, and […]
Unexpected Grief
I took one last deep yoga breath before stepping into Inksanity Tattoo Company on Friday night. The emotions and adrenaline pumping through my body in that moment felt so familiar. The nerves, the huge pit […]
Getting Sacred. Getting Inked.
I got my first tattoo when I was 21. In a moment of college spontaneity myself and 6 of my closest college buds decided to commemorate the summer of 2002 forever. The pisces fish now […]
Wisdom Wednesday | Advice
Sometimes it can be really hard to follow advice. Everything in moderation. (right after I’m done scarfing down this pint of ice cream…) Don’t sweat the small stuff. (as the internal dialogue drones on – […]
Stuck
Yesterday I didn’t shower. (please feel free to follow with a chorus of “ewwwww gross” or “that’s disgusting” here). The desire to be clean just wasn’t there. Being on summer vacation, free from the “day […]