Honeymooning | Pacific Northwest Road Trip

Vacation basically looks like me spinning around in nature with a giant smile on my face, driving too fast on winding roads, picking up hitch-hikers, choosing sketchy motels, and Rich basically being terrified most of the time.  Is it weird that I joked about it being his "Honeymoon of Horrors"?  Not sure he would of planned a trip consisting of most of his deepest fears (you know the risk of getting random hotel diseases, getting murdered, falling off a cliff) but I would like to think he loves me more for it.  :)  I certainly love him for showing curiosity in my passion for photography and capturing me in all that spinning smiling gleefulness.  

P.S.  He is getting crazy good!  I think I have a second shooter in the making....

October - Personal 10

Its October and wedding season is coming to an end, and while it has been one of the most rewarding, tiring, emotional, whirlwind there will be one thing I don't miss; the comparison game.  Every Sunday as I uploaded my images onto Instagram, dozens of other photographers did the same, and honestly it has been exhausting.  At first I thought it would be inspiring, seeing everyones perfectly crafted couples, but it all started to feel similar.  Everyone just racing for the most likes out of their square.  

Then I took The Art of the Unexpected through The Define School and it was exactly what I needed.  Studying historically influential artists and truly moving art, I was reminded to quit creating for others, wrestle up against tough and challenging artistic concepts, and create something that moves my heart.  

And the mood of the fall season has completely enveloped me; moody color palettes, wind blown leaves, and cozy evenings spent sipping warm drinks.  Creating impressions of fall has been a breath of fresh air.   My grainy picture of coffee cups and house plants may not generate as much attention as a perfectly crafted latte, and maybe these abstract leaf images don't cause you to pause and spend time with them as they do for me.  But it doesn't matter, because these images were created from a place where I was free.    

SEPTEMBER - Personal 10

It's the 10th of September, how can that be?  I have felt overwhelmed by the cold weather and quick changing of seasons as my days fly by.  For this months 10-on-10 I decided to highlight our trip to the cabin, something that fully embodies summer and the slow moving days that help to fill me up.  It is also a time for play, which includes getting my camera into Rich's hands as well as playing around with double exposures.  While I had a huge hesitation about posting this (because hell its a lot of personal portraits, and in my swimsuit none the less) I decided to toss my self doubt aside for the sake of summer and all the light these images hold for my heart.