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Featuring photographers and their images is one of the most rewarding outcomes of my tasra365 photography project. It provides a voice to other artists on their journey, and offers invaluable inspiration to fellow artists. I hope you are as inspired by these stories as I am. This week, Sandra Marek shares about her photographic learning [...]
Apparently my husband was given an extra dose of romance the last few weeks. Not sure who doles out the romantic tendencies, but whoever it is, I say keep it coming. When I returned from my trip to Seattle, I was greeted by a musical card and a beautiful bouquet of bright flowers from my [...]
According to my Mom, the first couple years of my life I spent almost every day by the waters of Greenlake in North Seattle. When I told her I was meeting a friend and going for a walk there during my visit to Seattle, she asked if I’d take a few pictures for her. She [...]
There’s nothing like a sunrise photo shoot on the beautiful blue lake waters of Seattle. That’s what we experienced for our third photo shoot at the David duChemin Vision Driven Photography workshop. My focus was the water, reflections, and the beautiful blue of the water and sky, enhanced by the gold hue of the rising [...]
What a whirlwind weekend with CreativeLIVE. What an amazing group of people behind the scenes making the weekend events happen for a worldwide LIVE viewing audience. What an honor to be in the studio audience! If you watched the broadcast, you know we had a 5 am call time on day 2 to go to [...]
If you didn’t already know, I’m in Seattle for the David duChemin Vision Driven Photography workshop being put on by CreativeLIVE. It’s been an absolutely astounding experience so far. Yesterday evening we went out on a photo shoot with mountain biking models and our fearless leader. Below are some of my favorite images from the [...]
The 75-DAY SPRINT TO THE FINISH has become a mere 6 weeks so I thought I’d give you an update. If you’ll remember, the sprint to the finish is my way of ending strong, literally. I didn’t want to end what has been an incredible year photographically, to the detriment of my overall health and [...]
With so much talk and buzz about VISION the last few days, I couldn’t help but think about my vision and your vision. What is it that drives you to pursue what you love? Listening to a podcast with Seth Godin, I saw similarities in what he was describing about being a Linchpin. You can’t [...]
UPDATE: The final video is done! Make sure to read to the end and watch it! We filmed a short video today with the Teen Identity girls and yours truly as an application for David duChemin’s Vision Driven Photography workshop happening this month in Seattle. David and the Creative Live team are selecting 6 photographers [...]
Too many people, myself included, settle for leftovers in our personal lives. Often we expect the best when it comes to work or career ambitions, but when it comes to taking care of our personal lives, including our health, we accept leftovers. It’s time to stop. We know that without our health, we’re nothing. But [...]
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