05.23.13

and, tulum.

a few months back, i had my lovely andy & yoko’s wedding in tulum.

i couldnt have wished it to be any better than the wedding was. except my sweet prince got to come along, so it actually was better than i could have imagined.

i go to so many wonderful places, 99.9% of the time, its just me solo. so this was especially special for me. i dont want to say it, but i shoot better when he’s there. i do. there’s comfort in knowing the one you love is a few feet away, all while I’m doing what I love. those two together, pretty powerful for me. 

 

last night, in talking with him about growing and how my business is changing. he explained, well dont worry about me, you can work late and see me less, its ok. and while i appreciate that, its quite opposite of what I’m wanting. to me, success is not having so much work i never get to see friends and family, and spread so thin I see my boyfriend for an afternoon. no. i feel so blessed to have him in my life and for those 2+ years of growing my business while single and not even entertaining the idea of a boyfriend, i am not in those days any more. i get to choose what success means to me, i have to work to make sure that i am balanced, so i keep on loving all these areas.

having someone to love, has only helped me in my business. i work harder when i work because my time is valuable. i cherish a weekend we can have together. i have a sounding board to throw my ideas and thoughts of growth to. and in the rare chance that i get to have him along to another land I’m shooting on, I get to experience that warmth when the two things I love very much, collide. it cant always be that way, so i’m so thankful for the few times it can.

here are some moments of our time spent together in tulum.

sometimes i think mexico is overdone. but then driving down the tiny road leading to our bungalow resort in tulum. i immediately knew this was my kinda mexico. quaint. authentic. romantic. some of the best food. i cannot wait to get back.

with some very guided instruction, the babe is learning to shoot. so we dont end up 7 years down the road with a huge collage of only his face.

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05.21.13

gobblings

i have so much i want to say. to show.

but im late. im late.

i feel like that rabbit on alice in wonderland. i’m not actually late, but i feel like im always on the cusp…running behind the train of my work, juuuuust barely grabbed the last handle to hop on.

but i’m really enjoying it. that’s the good part about loving wholeheartedly what you do.

i just returned from the last week in arizona for a gawjuss wedding. i have 2.5 days til I leave again and time to snap to it. but i feel bad, my poor little blog is like crying, you never pay attention to me! so i said to myself, give that thing 5 minutes and show what you’ve been up to.

my days are looking like: trying to get up earlier. // trying to go to bed earlier. // not feeling bad for taking time to make food that is fresh, raw and incredible for my health. // possibly showering // booking flights // hella emails // taking vitamins (liquid b-12, get on it!) // watching the Truth Project with my guy // planning my sisters bachelorette party // juicing // and peeing a lot // editing like a boss // early am…talking 5 and 6am shoots // and dying to write a blog post about food, and changes and all I’m incorporating into my health+life (coming soon, i swear1!) // and spending HOURS upon hours prepping, writing, commenting on the design of my new RE-BRAND going down. //

these are very exciting times folks. now its back to work for me!

here’s a gobbling of images from some previous shoots to fill your eyeballs with. 

hope your week is going well. today is my monday and tomoro is my thursday.

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05.13.13

MLK

i was riding down the light rail headed to the airport.

and i saw a chain link fence, and an entire shoot came to me.

feels real good to bring something outta my head and into life.

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hair and makeup by Ja. 

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05.03.13

Callie & Jake

i dont know if i believe in fate, per say.

but some people. some experiences. make me think maybe just so.

like how a south african girl could be matched up so and intertwined with another, yet all the way with a oregon guy.

or how their lives and story thus far prepared themselves for each other in a very intimate and unique way. having gone through things that only they would know how to comfort and understand the other.

or how one could break his femur and be told he may not walk again, yet she is exactly the one who could understand how to get him back to health and be able to walk once more.

so i’m not sure about fate, but i do know there is a greater plan that we have nothing to do with.

 

when this plan comes into being and starts to work, i am amazed at these precious times i get to come in and here this story and feel just as a part of this story of fate.

callie and jake. she can only smile and speak good of him. and he fits her and loves her just the way she needs. 

to the mr. and mrs. 

the hallway from heaven. the beauty of having a wedding at a bed and breakfast.

i am blessed so much so when people like callie and jake find me. and weave me into their wedding story. that pick their dates around me, bring me south african magnets and sit down to speak encouragement to me at their own wedding receptions. my heart gets tied and images unquestionably impacted by these ties. i love those instances.

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05.02.13

Featured on VSCO’s Journal

so i think it’s safe to say now, that i love all things that VSCO does.

they’ve achieved to represent a brand most could only think of, encourage artistic community and manage to continually stay ahead of the game with their products. my post-processing has been so positively impacted by using their products.

SO. Im very tip toppy honored that they would feature me on their journal.

 

take a sec to see the awesome feature and interview they posted today, featuring images from my trip to Asia.

see it HERE.

Interview on my ASIA trip.

made me blush reading the kind things they had to say. what a nice thing to see today.

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i do get a lot of emails asking about my processing and how i use VSCO, if you’d like to see/read more on that, head on up to the  “For Photographers”  link under the “About” tab.

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