gardens, ice cream and home
sometimes when we experience change we don’t think to document the changes. somehow seeing how different everything is can be difficult. but it can also be healing. this family lost a very beloved...
View Articleat home with the kliewer family
lindsey, this gorgeous mama is a talented birth and lifestyle family photographer in orange county. she told me when she booked this session that she wanted to focus on her home– to see with a new...
View Articleadventuring with the ho family
i just love the sense of adventure in this fun little family. this summer they did a 4000+ mile road trip across the north western united states! wowzers! they drove their minivan, took subways and...
View Articleat the hospital with katelyn jael
i started doing hospitals sessions a few years ago, born out of something i know i missed having when my babies were born: immediate images and a captured experience of those precious first few hours...
View Articlejack, alicia and the bun
jack and alicia are so much fun! i can’t even tell you how much i loved following them around on a typical sunday morning, shooting this slice of pre-baby life. I am so excited for them and the...
View Articlecelebrating with the rietzel’s
amelia and ryan have lived through a year of every family’s worst nightmare. out of the blue, Amelia was diagnosed with an advanced stage cancer. news like that must devastate a young family on a...
View Articlethe torgrimsens | after the storm
last weekend in nj i spent about an hour with a family that still does not have power or heat due to hurricane sandy. they lost 10 trees on their property, including one that fell on their roof (the...
View Articleherb + edith
i think every photographer has a list of things/ people/ places that they would love to one day make photographs of… herb and edith were on my list. they are 95 and 92 and have been married for nearly...
View Articlepoint of (eye) contact | november personal project
six months ago I helped teach a workshop with three other amazing photographers. kellie, molly, rosina and i led a workshop we called SOUL SHOOTING. i am so thankful for the friendship i have with...
View Articlesoul shooting in 2013
we are choosing a location, where would you rather travel to? Seattle, WA or Charleston, SC? email SOULSHOOTING@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list too. the last one sold out in a day, that...
View Articlemeet rebecca
this is rebecca in her space, her little corner of the earth that defines her. I think she’s amazing and beautiful and talented beyond words. this is her story. rebecca’s lavender sugar cookies 3/4...
View Articlenairobi kenya day one
hello from kenya. i am here for a week with pleasepassthebread.org. i am shooting some stories that i am so excited about but thought i would try to share some daily “out-takes” that won’t make the...
View Articlenairobi kenya day two
today was spent in the Kawangware slum. it still part of the city of nairobi but slightly further out where there is more space but the same oppressive poverty. today was long, we visited 2...
View Articlenairobi kenya day three
this title is a bit wrong today because i spent the entire day about 100 miles up-country from Nairobi in the countryside. the purpose of this trip was to visit the please pass the bread farm site....
View Articlenairobi kenya day four
today in nairobi’s sinai slum, one of the city’s largest and poorest with nearly one million people– there was some serious JOY.
View Articlenairobi kenya day five
today i was in the belly of the slums. i finished up a few stories i’m working on for PPTB (look for those later) and it meant being in homes and really seeing what everyday life is like for these...
View Articlenairobi kenya day six and some thoughts
i am home. most of these images are from my last day in kenya which included several more feeding site visits with please pass the bread: to another school, a home for disabled children and a women’s...
View Article10×10, monica’s story
Home is a very sacred place. It shelters us from storms, heat, and cold. It is a place of rest and nourishment, both physically and emotionally. It is where our life takes place. I am passionate...
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