Monthly Archives: June 2014

risking the tide

we almost didn’t go. we almost stayed inland . but so glad we risked the tide.

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trish scully child

i personally love the stories of people, especially when the depth & wisdom & grace is so rich & complex. i met trish at coffee to come up with a vision to photograph her clothing line. but what i found, is that the woman behind the dresses holds so much wisdom, love, faith, and strength. i’ve...

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summer.

where breakfasts are slower. sun is longer. and home is sweetly seen in a different light. (and mostly a little messier for our stage)

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our hearts for seattle pacific

a tragedy happened in our family. at one of the safest places we know.  as introverts, we sat in our home with tears streaming down our faces. for days, weeks, while driving quietly in my car i sobbed. but to explain why i haven’t the words.  it’s such a complicated feeling of sadness, pride, amazement,...

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ten on ten

somedays, the “urgent” takes over.  and why i love, even though today i struggled to love, ten on ten. i was far from focused on capturing the “beauty of my day”. but was instead focused on getting from one task to the next. one job to the next. one necessity to the next. failing completely...

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“home”

sometimes, it is fun for me to hear from friends what words they would put with “my” photographs of “their” family. as i think i know their stories, when you ask someone, it is amazingly beautiful what you hear. ask people their story more. authentically. ask them and wait, with hope, for an authentic response....

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they had pop-tarts for breakfast…

well, at least they were from whole foods… and maybe organic.  maybe?  and they ate off cutting boards, because the dishes were dirty. it was a day that started like that. yup.    totally like that. but instead of feeling overwhelmed by their dirty faces, bad breakfast, and jerseys tucked into swim trunks.  i decided...

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love – in movement

photographs, that move, have a unique way of allowing us to somehow almost relive an experience… and i love the challenge of telling a story this way. with a little creative flare, corey villicana & i pooled some clips and here are about 4 minutes of beauty from the wedding recently…  

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