My Tree Obsession

Ever since I had a camera in my hand I’ve been obsessed with taking pictures of trees. Here are a few of my favorite trees from some of my favorite places in the country and beyond. Happy Monday. Hampton Court, England and Breckenridge, CO Central Park, Manhattan and Strathpeffer, Scotland Colorado:) My new home…..Seattle

Easter Petifores

One of my favorite places to go and roam is the Metropolitan Market which is this uber fabulous grocery store just a block from my house. The place is a food photographer’s dream, especially their bakery department. I was meandering through the aisles yesterday and stumbled upon something I just had to have. The “Martha [...]

Shifting out of Neutral

Vashon Island, May 2009 “Having a strong desire or being successful does not mean that you are going to feel great all the time. No matter how enlightened I become, I will not be positive all the time. You have to understand the swing of the pendulum. It must swing back and forth. The only [...]

Travel: Chawton, England

Over the weekend I was trying to think up some fun new things to blog about. I’ve noticed on the blogs that I enjoy reading that they tend to do different themed series. So I thought it would be fun to showcase some of my favorite images that I’ve taken on my travels…. city by [...]

Slow it down

It’s been an interesting, fun, and stressful couple of weeks. I’m looking to slow it down this weekend and get myself back on track, mentally and physically. So I’m just blogging a picture of me and my family, who I hope to spend some more quality time with this weekend:) Hope everyone enjoys a beautiful [...]

Personal Trainers Part 2

Last week I posted a blog about a wonderful lady I met at a networking event named Kindra Reid. Kindra is a personal trainer who was looking for some new portraits and head shots for her business. We had a wonderful collaboration and ended up doing two shoots. The first being at her gym and [...]

Miss Ayla Sunshine

It’s crazy how time seems to fly as you get older.  A year seems like just a few months time to me now. I remember last year at this time we were getting ready to move to Seattle and ordering boxes. In the midst of all that chaos we paused to celebrate the birth of [...]

The First Look

If I cry at a wedding it is usually during the first look. It’s an incredibly intimate special moment with just the bride and groom, and typically the grooms reactions are what do me in! The tears start flowing all around, and you can just feel the joy emanating. It’s such a special feeling and [...]

Personal Trainers Part 1

Lately I’ve been attending some really great networking events here in Seattle, and at one of those events I had the good fortune of meeting personal trainer Kindra Reid. She was looking for some headshots and lifestyle shots for her business. I don’t normally do a lot of these types of jobs, but Kindra and [...]

These are a few of my favorite things…….

Here are some things that have made me smile lately……..Enjoy Yellow tulips……loving that Spring is on it’s way:) Birdie salt and pepper shakers from Pier One….only $3.00! Mini fake plants….impossible to kill:) Metropolitan Medallions, very dangerous! Orange star fish….love…..love…..love. New shoes by Indigo, I feel like a hip “Seattle lite” when I wear them:) Plus [...]