Oh, 2011. I can’t believe that it’s time for retrospectives! I have to say, this year was almost entirely devoted to getting my business off of the ground. Between my day job and photography I was working two jobs until August when I realized something had to give. It was either I continue in a...
I honestly have no words for this shoot. Juliana is absolutely gorgeous and she made my job way too easy. If Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, and Snow White had a baby, it would be her. Not only is she beautiful, but she is one of the smartest people I’ve met. She is so quick, and...
I have to say, I’ve never been really good at sharing. No, scratch that. I’m GREAT at sharing. Just not, you know, my food. I don’t know why I have such a fierce protectiveness over what I eat, but it’s like reaching under a lion’s mouth while it’s picking away at a wounded gazelle. You...
On my mind – I’m super excited to be going home to Seattle for Christmas. Even though it’s technically not my home at all anymore, since it’s my parents’ house that I haven’t lived in for ten years (but don’t tell my mom that; she’ll make me clear out the piles of yearbooks and Leonardo...
Melissa and Bryce are having a baby! I know they are going to make the best parents. They are so chill, fun loving, and have a great sense of humor. They met in the Marine Corps (Melissa is small, but don’t let her size fool you, she’ll take you out!) and Bryce is actually a...
Sometimes photography is hard. Plain and simple. There’s learning your camera, on and off camera lighting, post production, workflow, branding, packaging, and marketing, the list goes on and on. This is all coupled with working a lot of the time in isolation in front of your computer. You may go to workshops or conferences here...
I’m so excited to share Whitney and Nate’s wedding today! Whitney is actually Frances’s sister (who’s wedding I helped shoot here), so it was really great to see familiar faces. Whitney and Nate are two of the nicest, most thoughtful people, and so being able to second shoot their wedding with Ashleigh was such a...
Bry’s been wanting to go camping forever, so last weekend, we finally decided to make the trek. We headed east to Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, and it was quite honestly unlike anything I had seen in my life! Driving in, I didn’t really know what to expect. Then the landscape started to...
There is a professional in there somewhere. Deep, deep within the crevices of that sleeping bag. …in the middle of the living room. So, it looks like we’re going camping soon. Soon, as in November. As in winter. In the wilderness. Where there are wild animals. Maybe the animals will be too busy hibernating to...
The most I’ve ever ran in my life is 3 miles. I’ve been a runner off and on, starting when I was in high school. My sister and I would go to the track in the mornings during summer vacation. Mostly it was to keep my weight in check because as we all know, I...
I’m going to Seattle for a couple of weeks at the end of December. My mom asked me to make a list of the things we want to eat. Because she’s my mom, and she likes to feed us. You can bet I will be asking for curry, miso soup, pizza pockets, taco rice, tonkatsu,...
Today is Bryan and my’s six year anniversary. It didn’t seem all that impressive until I realized that tomorrow will be the start of seven years together. SEVEN. YEARS. Together! Woah, right? When people say time flies, they’re not kidding. At our anniversary lunch today (he sadly won’t be home for an anniversary dinner), I...
Growing up, I had photos, posters, and magazine ads all over my walls. There really wasn’t an inch of space spared in what I considered my own personal gallery. It was just image upon image up on image of things that resonated with me. I think most people who saw it didn’t really know what...
I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m not a morning person. I wake up only after ignoring the alarm a few times, and even then I’m not usually fully functioning until about 5:00pm. You would think that I’d have taken to coffee. Especially having spent most of my life in Seattle. and having a family full...
1. I went through a phase last month where all I could think about was making ice cream. The book that sparked it all was Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. The cover is really what pulled me in (look at those colors!) and I am proud (or ashamed, it depends on whether I’ve been...
