I learned a new word this week and I love it. Well, perhaps “love” isn’t the right word for it. (Wait for it.) But, this ONE word has given me so much comfort, just in knowing that it exists to label a feeling I am well familiar with. It’s not […]

We tend to judge our work using three criteria: How well crafted it is. How beautiful it is. And, how much impact it will have (for our clients or the community at large). This is true of all artistic fields; writing, painting, cooking, music. As photographers, we have absolute control over only ONE of these criteria: […]

Photography is the art of noticing, not the art of capturing. It doesn’t start with your camera. It starts with your perception. The actual photos are a byproduct of the noticing. It’s getting harder and harder to notice when everything in our modern life is built to make our lives […]

I had a bit of a rough week last week. I won’t get into the specifics of why, but just know it was not at all serious. Just one of those weeks where you’re in a bit of a slump and feeling a bit down on myself. So, I went […]

This week’s Two Mann, Two Sense (2M2S) is a sequel to last week’s, very polarizing article. If you have yet to read last week’s 2M2S, you can read it here: Embarrassed Wedding Photographers Unite. There were those with whom it resonated deeply, those who thought it was clickbait, and those who […]

Anybody else slightly embarrassed to be a wedding photographer? Yeah, thought so. I have a confession to make. I am. I was out the other night with friends at a comedy show. I was in the vulnerable position of sitting in the first row, which I instantly regretted as soon […]

You are in the in-between. I am in the in-between. We are in-between where we were and where we are going. It’s hard for us to accept being in that middle place. But it’s the space we always occupy. In my old life, I taught environmental studies. I took grade […]

Yesterday, as Timmy was leaving for school, he called up to me, working at my desk, and said, “Mom, Come look at the sky.” I’m a sucker for a good sky view. Timmy’s was a stunning mix of pink and orange and indigo. One of the most beautiful sunrises of […]

A few weeks ago we traveled to Ontario for our Canadian Thanksgiving. It was a LONG travel day. Up at 6:30 a.m., 90-minute drive to the airport, lines, lines, lines, security, 60-minute wait at the gate, a four-hour plane ride, wait for luggage to disembark the plane, and a two-and-a-half-hour […]

The struggle is real and persistent. As a parent. As a wife. As a wife who works with her husband. As a business owner in the middle of a pandemic. As a business owner when there’s no pandemic. As a feminist. As a person wanting to be a better ally. […]