Annual Family Self Portraits






“Adventure is worthwhile in itself,” she said. The daring woman who flew solo across the Atlantic when the whole world doubted her, the inspiring woman who dared me to dream big and live large, the female aviator Amelia Earhart. Hers was the first biography I read as a newly inaugurated bookworm and hers is the…
Yes, I went camping on Zoa Peak. In order for you to fully appreciate the magnitude of this backpack-hike-tent accomplishment, I need you to understand a few things about me: Three years ago I was not even halfway through a six week hospitalization due to complications from a ruptured apendix. It’s not too much of…
Not too many years ago, my photo selection process started with carefully choosing when to press the shutter release button; film wasn’t cheap, processing was an additional cost, and every photo mattered. Every photo matter as I came to the end of the film, packaged the roll, checked and double checked that my…
Quick visits to major cities is my modus operandi. It’s becoming a habit, I think, and one I’m not trying to break: eight hours in San Francisco, Rome in 48 hours, three days in Washington, DC, and now a mere twelve hours in the largest city in the USA (and fourth largest in the world, according…
I always said I would NOT be a June bride. Shunning cliches and stereotypes has kinda defined my life so when the timing and logistics of a June wedding fell into place, I was a teeny bit grumpy seven years ago. 😛 Being a June bride has meant that most years I am working on…
In the middle of this summer’s busiest stretch of wedding season (and three days after my camera died the day before a wedding and required I buy a new camera, learn to use it, and shoot a wedding – stress to the power of infinity), I went to France on a missions trip, specifically spending…