It feels so strange to me to be back in the blogging world, but I want to give it a try. Many years ago, in my early years of building my business, blogging was how most photographers showed their work and advertised their business. I felt really drawn to sharing stories about my experiences with people. It felt like my little home on the web and it felt safe. You can look back on this blog and even google my first blog to see how much it has been a part of my growth. I cringe at myself sometimes, but I was a person trying to figure myself out, as I still am, so I give myself grace. Social media replaced blogging and our attention span grew shorter. It was much easier for me to post a couple of photos and a short caption. Blogging became a chore, especially while trying to balance Motherhood and my business. Though I love social media for how much it has helped my business and art grow, sometimes it makes me feel yucky. It’s addicting and it is so fast moving. I don’t digest much and sometimes I don’t want to digest what is coming in. Not saying I want to turn a blind eye to anything going on in the world, but my mental health really suffers sometimes with the influx of pain and suffering. And the ads drive me nuts. As soon as I say something in a conversation, there it is in my feed. Sell, sell, sell. Even as a business owner who has to sell herself it all feels so gross to me. I have to take breaks to be sure my thoughts are my own as I can feel myself being influenced by what I am taking in.

So here I am, back on my blog. My last post was 2022 and it was a kind of forced post. Me trying to dip back in then. I love that photo session with my dear friend so much and I remememeber when I did it I wanted to share more about the experience, not just the photos. So this is what I plan on doing. Sharing the experience, the heart, the reason I am still taking photos after all of these years. It is not easy to maintain the ever so quickly changing business that is photography. Sometimes I want to give up and find a steady job that is secure and doesn’t require me to be online so much. But, I know in my heart I can’t. The lives I am invited into mean so much to me. The stories, the art, it is my purpose. I can’t run from my purpose.

I can promise you I will have lots of typos and poor grammer here. I refuse to use AI to help me write. I want you to be able to trust that it is my voice you are reading. I know I will stumble a lot and that’s ok. I am constantly in flux, learning and growing. I preach grace instead of shame and I want to make sure I am embodying that always. I will probably move backwards and upside sharing both new and old work. I am making up the rules as I go.

If you are here now, thank you. If you have been here throughout the almost 20 years I have been on this journey, I love you. Here we are again. Please feel free to comment or send me messages anytime you want.