this is a long one but just bare with me, i promise the end is worth it. last night i was laying on my bed, ready to write as i usually am at around 10:40pm. i was looking through some old notes i had, and i came across the graduation speech i gave as the […]

i’m so excited about this!! for the last few years i have gone back and forth on how to give back to the photography community. i have thought about hosting workshops or photography weekend get-togethers, i’ve had mentoring clients, helped out with the team-x coaching program, organized a few local shoot & share meetups, became […]

i was talking to my sister on the phone and my mind drifted into a 3rd person view of my surroundings, kind of like i was watching myself in a movie. laying on my stomach in the sand, swinging my feet back and forth in the air as i tried to even out the tan […]

last night i told my mom and dad that i felt like i’ve lost my voice. i sit down to write, to blog, to think even, and it’s just a blank cursor blinking on a white page. i go to write an instagram caption, a text message, an email even and i can’t find the […]

i can’t believe i have been here for a full week already! even though i have been to this island many times, {Kauai, Hawaii} it still takes my breath away everytime the sun shines on the mountains and the water… or even when it doesn’t shine, for that matter! we went up to the north […]

i would love to be able to sit down right now, and to be able to write a clean and consice blog post telling you all about the amazing parts of my trip to santa barbara for United 2013… but as i sit here staring at the blank page i realize that that, isn’t possible. […]