What’s Up? Life happened. My pace caught up with me. The hustle and the bustle. The sun and beach. GROWING. Learning. reflecting. Living in the Moment. self-improving. spent time with Earth. Slowed down, enjoyed the sunset. Moved into my new home. Decorated. Took walks with the pup. Went to Ireland. Danced a lot. Laughed a lot more. lost some plants, bought some plants. Uncluttered.Wrestled with paint colors for the new place. Smiled. learned the difference between a Cool grey and a warm grey, or is it Gray? Spent a lot of time at HomeGoods. Adulting. Ate some new foods. drank some new beers. cried. Loved. Traveled to Whistler. Practiced Self-Compassion. Worked like a beast. healed my body. Listened to friends, phoned more. Spoke up. Camped. gave. rode bikes in Portland. Made Salsa. Made more Salsa. Poked fun with cousins.discovered Wagyu (omg!). Wined. accepted. Went to Target alot, and more Target. Fought with anxiety. Fell in love with summer nights again, and again. Movie nights. Nurtured the soul. Bonded more with family. learned new recipes. Painted. Discovered more nature. Celebrated Life.

I made a decision a year ago to slow down my pace. I love my clients and I love receiving that email that says “I LOVE MY PHOTOS”. It truly brings a humble smile to my heart and fuels my inspiration. But I was becoming tired physically and mentally. Sounds bad, but I’m happy to say it was for all good reasons. A flow of clients, busy at work, and really just wanting to do so much of life. But even with that, a person needs to have a balance. And I needed to recharge.  If you didn’t already know, I do have a full-time job.  I love photography, but it’s just in my nature to have a consistent stable job. Sure my weeks can be full, but what I love about my situation is that I really get to enjoy Photography for what it is. No  pressure of the salesy business. I have been truly grateful to have clients come to me through word of mouth endlessly. I couldn’t ask for anything more (maybe more chocolate).

My success in Photography can never be taken for granted. Even with all the confidence in the world that a gallery set is beautiful, I still have that nano-moment of nervousness between when I send the gallery email up until I hear back from the client saying they love their photos.  It just isn’t done till a client sends that text (if not email) full of happy smiles and exclamation marks. It’s been a good solid 5 years.  I just love love, in every form. Thank you. xoxo.