Finding your voice

Finding your voice

reposted from my column at Idahopa.com The hardest thing for me to deal with in my recent career change was my loss of purpose. As a …

 

Warm light and cold beer…

Warm light and cold beer…

There are two things in my life that I truly love… beer and light. All kidding aside, you really can’t have bad beer or bad light, because …

 

The song remembers when…

The song remembers when…

The 3×5 card was stained, the words smudged across it’s face, a gritty flour coating covered every inch. My grandmother’s recipe for rolls. I carefully filled my …

 

She’s New York. I’m Portland She’s water. I’m fire. She’s introspective and thoughtful. I’m explosive and spontaneous. She’s short with dark hair. I am tall with light hair. She hates new things. I seek out the …

 

“Lost for a moment in the ache of old goodbyes…”

“Lost for a moment in the ache of old goodbyes…”

Photo above is me at age 6 (always a camera and a “cape”) and my kid sister who was always my sidekick. I grinned out the …

 

Rules for a happy and successful life…

Rules for a happy and successful life…

Sitting on a cold metal chair with a swish of melamine buckling me to a seat is where I sat when I realized who I …

 

Growing up….

Growing up….

Flipflops tapped on a bright red porch while fingers fluttered over the laptops as two friends from the Register-Guard filled out their unemployment forms on …

 

Exhausted

Exhausted

There isn’t enough coffee in Seattle to make up for the last couple weeks. Starting a business, shooting weddings, football players, babies, traveling to and from …

 

Snap, Crackle, Shot….

Snap, Crackle, Shot….

It had been awhile. The month flew by at break-neck-speed. I barely touched my camera, and to be honest I didn’t notice. Between business plans and bookkeeping programs …

 

The five-year-old girl down the street…

The five-year-old girl down the street…

Is what I called my best friend for weeks when I first met her. Until that is, my Mom said I couldn’t play with that little …