“It’s peculiar, to reach your destination,” he told me.  “You think you’ll arrive and perform the thing you came for and depart in contentment.  Instead you get there and find distance still to go.”
-So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
This quote couldn’t sum up the last few weeks of my life any better.  Yep, [...]

Our upcoming Orange County (CA) CONFIDENCE Photography Workshop is almost SOLD OUT! The weekend is April 23-24.   We are so excited! The women have already started emailing the group their stories, why they are coming, what they hope to get out of the weekend, their fears, insecurities and enthusiasm. Brian and I are loving reading [...]

Hold those votes!

Many of you tried to vote over the last few days and have run into problems. Are you one of those? So frustrating?!? Arrrrrgggghh!
It’s Genie. Thank you for emailing and letting us know. We’re working on it – not so easy from Thailand but Brian’s on it! So stand by,  – the deadline [...]

Are you ready for a NEW round of Five Inspiring Finalists?  Here we go friends!  We had two Photo Contests run simultaneously.  Both Photo Contests had a theme of COMFORT.  One Photo Contest challenged you to focus on using BLUR/Low F-stops = buttery, blurry backgrounds.  The other Photo Contest challenged you to use the theme [...]

Hey friends!  What an insane weekend!  We thought we were flying to Thailand at noon today, and thank GOD we realized it was midnight last night!  So as you read this, we are somewhere en route (if all has gone well ).
I have a wonderful team of women helping me keep our blog fresh [...]

Here we go friends! This is where it gets crazy!  We had two Photo Contests run simultaneously.  Both Photo Contests had a theme of COMFORT.  One Photo Contest challenged you to focus on using BLUR/Low Fstops = buttery, blurry backgrounds.  The other Photo Contest challenged you to use the theme of COMFORT combined with a [...]

Okay friends, the countdown has started.  Next Monday, December 21st, is the DEADLINE for our SOAR! Scholarship!  We want to spread the word to as many people as possible.  To help make that happen…I am throwing in two incentives!    Any great parent understands the power of incentives, and since the SOAR! Scholarship is [...]

My dear friend, Roxie at Pixel 2 Canvas, left me a crazy, fun voice mail!
It turns out my blog has been nominated for THREE different categories in the Blogger’s Choice Awards!

Woo-hoo! This is the most EXCITING of all three!

This is the only one that makes me blush–but I receive! )

This feels like the President [...]

We have a winner to announce! As many of you know, we ask a handful of women to be the judges for our Running on Empty contest. A number of these women are also former winners. We enlist their help because there is no way Brian and I could ever choose. And even with this [...]

After reading your heartfelt comments and emails from yesterday’s post, I can’t think of a better time to start our Running On Empty Contest for the November Seattle CONFIDENCE Photography Workshop.
CONFIDENCE is happening on the weekend of November 14th and 15th (not this weekend but the NEXT!). The November CONFIDENCE Workshop sold out in less [...]