Category Archives: Personal

Showit Live!

It scarred me for life. I was the awkward, gangly age of 11 years old, probably weighing 50lbs soaking wet. In that bizarre in between phase of not a girl, not yet a woman. It was our annual church Christmas production and I, just like every other year, got chosen for the lead part. The...

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Amazing Life together webinar

I don’t remember when I first heard of them but quite a few people over the last year or so have said to me “Are you friends with Liz and Ryan? You guys would get along great!”. And when more than a handful of people say that, I began to wonder who these Liz and...

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A bridal shower for ME

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Not gonna lie, this whole wedding thing is getting a bit surreal. I kinda feel like I am planning this super detailed styled shoot and then I realize that *I* am the model, that my name is on the invitations, that I’m the one receiving gifts, and….it’s all just a bit strange. Up until last...

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An open letter to “Joe”

Last week I was scrolling through my blog comments and found one that caught me a bit off guard. I’ve been thinkng a lot lately about the state of the photography industry as whole, all the newcomers with big dreams and high goals. I’ve been thinking about the incredible photographers who have gone out of...

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On fear, failure, and determining that it’s time to change

Fear. A word that makes us cringe and wince at the very thought of it. Each of us have our own fears, our own insecurities, our own things that hold us back. And for each of us, it affects us in very, very different ways. Yesterday I had the chance to go into New York...

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