Can you believe it’s been SIX WEEKS since we last talked?!  And what a FUN six weeks it’s been!  We have SO MUCH to catch up on!! Taking a break from the blog was more important than I even realized at the time.  I had no idea I’d be filming the first 14 episodes for [...]

August is officially here!  We’ve taken the kids camping and had a wonderful anniversary getaway, and now it’s time to hit the road with a full, rich month of crazy–ground breaking projects for our business and mission to empower moms!  New shifts are happening over here that I’m so EXCITED to share about as the [...]

When feeding a giraffe, never underestimate how far their “reach” can be.  Here are three tips on how to have a successful feeding. 1.  Use ZooGoo (hand sanitizer) on your hands. 2. Have the single leaf you are feeding in one hand and hide the rest of your leaves. 3.  Be prepared for giraffe drool!  [...]

I recently got all the photos from the Legacy Conference at Covenant Church in Dallas, TX.  I was given the honor of doing the opening Keynote for this powerful women’s conference, and then I also got to do a smaller breakout session on Day Two.  By looking at these photos, it’s hard to tell if [...]

After Brian and I left WPPI in Vegas, we headed to Nashville, TN for the Blissdom 2012 Conference. I’ve got to be honest.  I was so tired from all the speaking at WPPI that when the airline had a misprint of my name and wouldn’t let me board…I broke into tears.  In the end, it [...]

Last week was an insane ride of reconnecting with old friends, meeting tons of new friends and inspiring each other to go for our dreams!  Brian and I started in Vegas last Sunday for the WPPI  Conference, where tens of thousands of photographers come from all over the world!  And seriously, our schedule was so [...]

Coming to WPPI?  Take a break at the SONY booth at (seriously) ANY TIME!  All day long, we have a lineup of awesome shooting demos and inspiring talks with amazing Brian Smith, inspiring Matthew Jordan, savvy and talented Sara France and more!!! My schedule is below, and I’ve got ALL my talks ready to go [...]

WPPI in Vegas is around the corner!  It’s next week, and I’m looking for cute babies (0-18 months) to be my models! Do you or a friend live in Vegas AND have a cute baby?  Are you coming to WPPI with your baby?  If so, I’d love to have your baby be my model! What [...]

Brian and I are coming to Vegas and Tennessee in February, and we would LOVE to meet you! First stop is  WPPI 2012, February 16th-23rd in Vegas! Wishing you could have a reunion with your CONFIDENCE sisters?  Why not WPPI!  Take it from the San Diego CONFIDENCE Workshop!  These ladies have kept up this reunion [...]

I’m not sure what got in to me, but I didn’t want to have the perfect model this year at Photo Plus Expo in NY.  I wanted to try babies, and then I wanted to try a two-and-a-half year old, and if the attempts utterly failed, I figured it would still be real. AND, we [...]