Seattle was in the middle of a HUGE snow storm as I tried to make my way home from Costa Rica last week.  My flight from Houston to Seattle was cancelled.  But not only my flight, every flight was being cancelled. The airline said they could get me home by Monday.  Well, that was a [...]

Today is only the 9th day of the New Year, but I must admit 2012 feels different than what I expected.  The last couple years, I’ve been gung-ho on making new resolutions.  The motivation behind making new resolutions feels like a loud energy.  In the past, the new SOAR! year would start to build with [...]

I heard the invitation last week.  The quiet beckoning that comes from within.  It was a beckoning to leave the loneliness that has been stirring inside me and find myself surrounded instead.  I knew the way but resisted the path because of the time it takes.  The inconvenience that the journey proposes.  The whispering guilt [...]

In October 2006, I found myself asking the questions “What if I did a workshop for women that empowered and inspired their passion for photography?  What if it was “only” women?  What if there was a focus on moms who want to capture their kids?  What if we dug deep in to the basics and [...]

Her words of wisdom give me comfort as I sit in my office in aisle 11, seat D. Fay had been with us for 48 hours to observe all the different places that energy unnecessary leaked in our home, our family culture.  After Brian and I put the kids to be we talked late into [...]

If you haven’t heard of Chase Jarvis, you want to check out his site and ALL the awesome education he offers at creativeLIVE!  Last week, he did a great blog post called “10 Things Every Creative Person (that’s YOU) Must Learn!”  I can’t think of a better way to start the week than to start [...]

A Fall of Sustaining Energies

(warning: today is a long one, get that cup of tea ) There is a new word that is swirling in my head and heart these last few months.  The word is Sustaining. Sustaining.  I’ve thought about this word on a large scale when it comes to our environment and culture, but I’ve never spent [...]

It’s official!!!  My book, Your Baby in Pictures, is being picked up by a big publisher in Finland and TRANSLATED!!!  How cool is that?!!  I’m so excited!! I want to celebrate today with sharing some of YOUR Photo-Recipe results!  Receiving emails of the photos that my book has inspired you to shoot is the BEST!!!  [...]

Get Inspired by the Innovators of the Photo Industry!

On June 13th 2006, I wrote the first sentence to my first blog post; “My first blog…the pressure almost makes you never want to start one. But here I am because I know I’m going to love this once I get the hang of it!” Can you hear the anxiety in my voice?  I had [...]