Let me tell you why Italy is my absolute favorite place I have ever been…(this was my second adventure to Lake Como) *first of all, it is gorgeous!  It doesn’t matter what part you are in it is all beautiful *next there are the people–they are kind even though I cannot speak any Italian *then there […]

Something a little different–some of my photos from Bali.  So looking forward to my next adventure….back to Italy in October.  Here are some notes from my travel….we had no agenda we just flew by the seat of our pants. (as my Dad would have said) After flying for 20 hours (15 straight) we stayed our […]

Dear Dad, Time is a tricky thing isn’t it?  When your younger it creeps by and then the older you get the faster the time goes.  33 seemed like it was so far away and now here it is!!  Which means 35 is so close its scary.  I am pretty sure you warned me of […]

Definitive Moments The back story: For those of you who do not know, I lost my little brother on a snowy night in a car accident on 2/19/14, and my Dad on 4/29/14. A week before my little brother’s celebration of life, I went home to help prepare for the party. It wasn’t uncommon for […]

In May I took a trip to the little Island of Vieques off of Puerto rico for a vacation.  I photographed on film and digital and I loved all the little churches on the island and focused some of my photos on them.  I fell in love with this little blue eyed wild foal.  I […]

Dear Dad, It has almost been one year since you passed away on what was and will always be the worst night of my life.  It is just getting to be spring outside and I miss my afternoon chats with you.  I miss you so much.  It feels like everyday is harder not easier like […]

Reflecting back on my 2014 goals there were a lot of long term ones in there–so things to keep working toward.  IE: paying off my debt (car and student loans) and saving money.  National goals like getting a photo in the wedding photojournalist association contest, placing a photo in the PDN top knots contest, getting […]

Today I would like to talk a bit about being on the other side of the lens.  My boyfriend and I (not yet engaged–but hopefully sometime) went out to cut down our Christmas tree and had our photos taken while doing it for our Kivalo Christmas card.  I have to add I feel like a […]

Today is a hard day. Usually I would have been planning for weeks what day I would arrive at my parent’s house in central Maine. Dad and I would have been talking every night and watching the weather. Today since it is snowing I would have left last night. I would be sitting next to […]

Dear Dad, It is my first of what will probably be many fathers day’s without you.   I have been trying to write for weeks—but I get a line or a paragraph done and I hate it.  I hate my writing because it still doesn’t capture what I feel.  There are no words, black holes, or […]

When I go back in time and think about the week/weeks leading up to my brother’s death there is only before my brother died and after as a way of referencing time.  Time seems to be what escapes me the most and upsets me the most.  You see when you loose someone you feel like […]

This week is a busy week as I will be heading home to get ready for my brother’s celebration of life.  I am super excited to see my family from the DC area…as well as meet all of my brother’s friends!  It is a bit daunting though–its still a bit unreal to me.  It’s like […]