i decided – i don’t showcase enough of my “work” — i believe i am a relatively amazing portrait fotographer. in case you’ve never seen my portrait work, click here.
i wanted to share some of my favourite portrait sessions over the years and also share new ones as they are discovered… and this collection is for sure one of my favourites. she’s so spunky! love her pink stripe… and the yummy lighting that day on our romp through lower manhattan around sunset…
x marks the spot – snow is on the way to colorado!
i’m looking forward to making a snowman this weekend.
i also want to thank those of you who have nominated me for an award. i’m not that familiar with how the award system goes here on wordpress, but i’m beyond humbled and grateful for the recognition! unfortunately, i can’t keep up with the nominations {there’s not as many as it sounds, i just don’t have time to respond right now!} but i wanted to extend an extremely warm thank you to lesley and juliem this time for the liebster award nominations – and i want to encourage you all to keep reading! i’m so grateful to have almost 400 followers, a whopping 10,000 views, and over 200 posts in less than a year. you all keep the fire lit under me and inspire me every day to do more and to be more.
a very sincere thank you. enjoy the weekend!
it’s high time i shoot some more self-portraits. the last time i did that was in 2010. and it’s very liberating and healthy for me to occasionally get in FRONT of the camera. it’s kind of an unspoken general rule – photographers don’t like being photographed. i don’t mind it sometimes, so long as i’m the one taking the pictures! 😉
i remembered this collection when i was organizing my files recently. sometimes i feel like about 86 personalities inside this tiny little physical form of a body. i feel very introspective at the moment – so i thought i’d share these fotos which emulate just that.
seriously though – whatever.
i mean, i have so much to catch you all up on. not only delicious food and drinks but also photos and updates on practically everything. my entire life has shifted and there is an abundant amount of change occurring in every corner… not only in my own life, but in everything i see around me.
i moved recently. totally different environment. it just happened so fast, everything is happening so fast… it’s for the best, and i’m just going to trust my heart on this one… still in the transitional period, but am integrating well…
my diet is changing more and more every day. i cleansed for a few weeks prior to 12/21 – and i’m sure that effected my body. i’ve noticed now that i can’t tolerate certain foods anymore… i literally spit out a piece of ham over the holidays. i’m not one for eating much meat anyway, but i like to savour it as a treat on special occasions. i couldn’t eat it. i don’t know if it was the salt or if my body is just that smart but i was like, “okay, i can’t eat pork anymore, ever.” i also have been eating less wheat. even though it’s not prevalent in my diet, i can’t stomach it much anymore… it’s hard for me to digest. i recognize this and so i just listen to what my body is telling me… dairy. ohhh – damn you, dairy! i haven’t really been one to drink a lot of milk or eat a lot of ice cream {i’m kind of lying on that one} but i do loves me some cheese. mm mm, but ohhhhh no i can’t do it anymore. some are better than others – parmesan and feta aren’t so bad. i’m pretty much down to a vegan diet lately. and i don’t like soy products or highly processed foods, so that basically keeps me down to eating almost a raw organic diet. and i guess i’m mentioning this because it could greatly shift what this blog is all about. it’s a new year, and mine has been off to a start full of change and i’m free-flowing in the wind… a blank canvas.
what else?! so i moved, i’m vegan… oh, my meditations are getting better. i had a lull for a bit, but i feel like i’m back on track and in a good practice again. and there is something happening in my life in the field of love – and it’s powerful. my heart is transforming, that’s all i can say for now…
i began writing a book. mostly about my life… particularly, what i went through shortly before, during, and after the shift of the calendar day december 21, 2012… the end of the mayan calendar… my life hasn’t been the same since…. it’s gonna be a good one! 🙂
my grandmother passed away. i’m flying back east to be with my family for a few days – that is the blessing in disguise about these things… it’s always nice to see family, but it’s a lousy reason to get together… it’s okay, i’m at peace about it, no doubt.
so… i’ll be back next week and i hope to use the new moon energy from friday to catapult me into the next phase. i’m keeping my heart wide open, and making decisions only from that place… because it FEELS RIGHT.
still seeing these everywhere i go…
a new year is ahead of us. {hooray!} this means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. for me, it means manifesting only good things derived from light, happiness, peace, honesty, community, harmony, respect, and most of all – LOVE. because that’s just how it has to be… and it will be.
and for a lot of people, new year’s resolutions are a common theme – many of which include things like “living a healthier lifestyle” or “eating better” and the like. so in the spirit of new beginnings and living a healthier, simpler, easier life – here is a recipe i came up with a couple weeks ago that will blow your taste-buds away. they’ll want to be calling more buds and be like, “dude, you gotta try this!”
easy. healthy. simple. delicious.
that’s how i roll. just like these “amazeballs” – and they’re sweet and savory – like me 😉 Continue reading
i love doors. i especially love to fotograph doors. my love for them was discovered during my days living and working in manhattan, wandering aimlessly through the streets with my camera, snapping away… so many doors… so many stories behind them… so many opportunities around represented in each one… i love and miss that place, and always will.
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