I have learned so much about myself during this year of photos. I learned that I really don’t like most of the photos that I did in the past, at least, not the HDR photos. Don’t get me wrong, I love HDR and it was ALL I did for a good year, but I realize …
A young woman sells lanterns during the full moon festival in Hoi An while her son plays with his trucks. I made a wish upon one of these lanterns to start a family and got pregnant the very next night. No lie. I have a super cute son to prove it. Magic 257/365, Wish Upon a …
I grew up believing that failure was bad. It wasn’t until I was well into my 30s that I learned that failing is AWESOME. Because it means you are trying. And the more you are failing the harder you are working and the closer you come to success. Like these photos here. It took me over twenty tries to get a crisp shot using a new technique that I learned during my Vietnam in Focus photo tour. But in the end I got! only because I kept trying.
Magic 253/365, Fun at Failing, Hanoi, Vietnam
If ever there was a photo that captured the essence and aura of Antonio, this would be the one. Grunge and light beams, motos and graffiti, sunshine and grit. That’s my man. I took this photo of him while we were enjoying sundowners and camera tricks at a little sidewalk cafe in Hanoi. I focused on …
Today I invoked the Mother and it WORKED. Well, it kind of worked. Today was day six of my 21-day surfing streak to fierce, power-charging, warrior goddess-ness. And I was scared. Of tiny waves. So far I have made it to the outside every day of my challenge, but today the waves were a tiny …
This is one of those things that has been very present in my mind lately. The Middle Way. I always say the truth is in the middle and this has never been truer than now while I am raising a child with another human being. I want to protect him and my partner wants to …
Learning how to surf, again, I mean REALLY learning how to surf reminds of a common thread that has run through me and my pursuits for my whole life. Fear blocking my way. It’s kind of like when I wanted to learn how to do a back handspring for pretty much my entire life until …
Not this guy. That wave. Ok, not that PARTICULAR wave, but all waves. Surfing was my first love. It informed many of my earliest fate-making decisions, like going to college in Hawaii, one of the best decisions EVER. In fact, surfing has never led me astray. It has only brought me to epic locations and …
This is one of my favorite maternity photos from my time in Congo. I feel like this woman depicts the essence of what it is to be a woman. She is fierce. She is love. She is raw. She is magic. She is the fear-inducing power that, in ancient times, sent women to the stake. …
This is the life I chose for myself and my family. So I am going to call it intelligence. Yeah. I like that. Last night, as we were enjoying a magical sunset in Playa Guiones, complete with a double rainbow, I couldn’t help but think how lucky I am. But then I remembered, luck has …