part one

My journey across the country began early this morning. I shared a tearful goodbye with my parents, followed by a tearful goodbye to my home, followed by an even more tearful goodbye to the mountains as I turned eastward. I am generally a quiet and introspective person, so the solo trip over a thousand miles didn't seem too daunting a task to me when I agreed to undertake it. However, flying down the eastern Colorado highway under a blue sky I won't see again for four months, enveloped in the rolling hills blanketed with tree-like lavender-colored wildflowers, my dog frustratedly trying to find a comfortable lying-down position in the backseat, I could not help but feel entirely alone and afraid for the coming term at school.


I longed to turn around before I reached the state line and returning home to fall at the feet of my home at the foot of those magnificent giants and beg to be taken back, to please don't make me go, it's too hard, I will miss you too much to bear. But not three hours later, I saw something I had never seen before. As the dusky sun rolled over the interstate, reflecting off of the semi-truck loading doors, the pavement was drenched in pools of golden light, which followed their tangible creators as loyally as little birds follow their mother from the nest for the first time.


And as if by magic. No, by magic--the magic of the mundane--my hope was restored. The light had no direct significance to my distress, but I have learned by now that this sort of graceful moment tends to present itself solely for the purpose of making us feel better, stronger, more connected to whatever cosmic energy exists out there in the universe. My faith in myself slightly renewed, I thought of words that resonate--in the end, the only steps that matter are the ones you take all by yourself. And so, I'll walk on. I can't go back now.


In other news, I think my poor, worn out old Polaroid has more or less quit on me. She shoots, but she just doesn't see like she used to. That said, I won't give up on her until she's truly done, but until then, I will have to settle for more "stylized" creations from her.

here it goes again

Well! The move back to Chicago is well under way. I leave in the car with the dog bright and early tomorrow morning, so I should be back by Wednesday evening. I am feeling a mixture of excitement and trepidation about returning to school. I started feeling like I should be in school over a month ago, and I'm excited for my new old apartment and for the drove of interesting classes I'll be taking this quarter, and of course to see my friends again. At the same time, though, I'm feeling reluctant to do anything but photography just now. I'm also feeling very reluctant to leave home again. Growing up, I never gave moving home after college a second thought. It was absolutely out of the question. Now, though, every time I'm home I love it more, and every time I leave I wonder why. I want to travel the world, go everywhere, see everything there is to see, but there will never be any place that comforts and delights like home. Especially my home. Colorado is absolutely, perfectly unbeatable.

On another note, I haven't had too much time in the last week to put into finishing the website, but I have been working closely with a designer friend on getting a working logo put together. Her name is Jasmine Fitzwilliam, and you can find her at her website/blog here. I'm very excited for the finished product, she is completely brilliant! I highly recommend her for any of your design needs.

All of that said, I will let you know as soon as the website is up. Hope you are all doing well! ♥

steady progress

Quick update for you: So building a website is...a little hard. Given, I am basically computer illiterate, but dang! Anyway, I'm working on the brand new website, and to be completely honest, I'm struggling a little bit. I'm sure that once it's all set up and I just have to add and switch out pictures and music and everything I'll be fine, so no worries.

Moving on--exciting news! I'll be doing my first "official" engagement shoot very soon! My dear friend Sarah put me in contact with her friends Brittany and Nick, who just got engaged. Unfortunately the ceremony is going to be in Arizona, where I am not, so I'll only be able to do their engagement, but I've been chatting a little bit with Brittany, and they sound like such a fun couple. Brittany is an art major, and they're both willing and ready to experiment and even already have a few potential ideas of their own, so no doubt this is going to be insanely fun.

There will surely be pictures up from that as soon as possible, but I was so excited I just needed to share. Until then, once the website is up, expect photos here of other recent shoots.

Much love, and I hope you're all having beautiful days.

so here we are

Salutations, everyone, and welcome to the new blog! I'm so excited to get this thing up and running finally! I was hoping to entice you all with some delightful photos from recent sessions, but unfortunately I am having some extreme computer difficulty, so I'm posting this from a computer that does not belong to me.

However, what I do have is a new logo! I spent an obscene amount of time on it, so I hope it works--let me know what you all think.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hello to recognize the launch of my new blog, and to say here I am. I promise some exciting photos up as soon as possible. :) Bye for now! But I'll be back soon, I promise.