I’m inspired by how New England celebrates the fall. In Chatham, they bring in trucks of pumpkins and the whole town comes out to help unload the pumpkins. Their bookstores are also filled with favorite ghost stories from old Inns and Lighthouses. I took a peak at one of the books and read about how […]

I’ve had something on my heart these last few days. This is a Personal Reflection post, and I would love to hear your thoughts. It’s a long one, as most Personal Reflection posts are. 🙂 ______________________________________________ Fear is in the air these days. It seems to loom over us like a socked in fog. The […]

As photographers, we have an incredible opportunity to capture the nuances of who people are. We have the power to shed light on their inner beauty–to take people from feeling invisible to feeling known. I can’t think of a better example than the work Carrie Hasson recently did. Carrie attended our Sonoma workshop this last […]

“With all that you do, why this? Why?” they ask. Because I believe every mother and father has the same need. The need to reconcile within themselves not only what their kids need but what they, as parents, need to experience with their kids. For every parent this looks different. For me, it looks like […]

It was Blaze’s 4th birthday. He sat down for breakfast like he did every morning, but this time he picked up his fork instead of eating with is hands. Brian and I were speechless. We had been trying to get him to use his fork for the last couple months. It was not happening so […]

I know that come Tuesday, many of you start back into the schedules of making lunches, early morning breakfast with sleepy head kids, carpool mania, homework and so much more… We’ve got a three day weekend. If you are a parent headed into this big change in schedule, I encourage you to take one last […]