It’s easy, even second nature for us to document the big milestones of our lives and the lives of our children. Especially the celebratory ones. The ones that you watch and wait for; first steps, first day of school, birthdays, graduations, leaving for college (oof!)....
I was prompted to shoot these images from a deep desire to capture a specific moment in time in my daughter's life. It's what I'd consider a defining moment. Something that the outside world might not recognize. Something more internal. Something I will be writing about...
When Joystruck reached out to me about their new Lightroom* presets, I was excited to check them out. Specifically, I was drawn to their "one-click installation" as well as their philosophy of photo editing simplicity. I have heard over and over again from my fellow "everyday...
Last week at the Mom 2.0 Summit, I signed on to be a part of the Today Parenting Team. I had told myself I was going to try to take advantage of every opportunity available because it had been years since I had attended a...
Since the rise of iPhoneography, and my undying love of it, one of the most common questions I get asked is what app I use to edit my iPhone images. My answer is simply, Instagram. Yes, I edit most of my images in Instagram, it's...
Since my daughter started her college career this past fall, I have had so many things I’ve wanted to share about the months leading up to that momentous milestone. From applications, acceptances and rejections, to planning, preparations and letting go, I can think of no...
I remember seeing the first Star Wars movie in the theater with my grandfather. Like everyone else, I was captivated. And so began my love of Star Wars and my toy collection; C3-PO , Luke Skywalker and the X Wing Fighter, to name a few....
It's been quite a year. Exciting, intense, inspiring, exhasting, but most of all, surreal. So much so that I've had trouble articulating it in writing. I vowed I would write and write and write some more about all of it but I just haven't had the...
I vividly remember the day that my daughter (then a freshman) came to me, tears welled up, asking how I could have possibly kept so many of the world’s atrocities from her? A brand new student in her High School’s Model United Nations program, her...
Being Disney fans runs in the family. And because we’re close to the park and have annual passes (best Christmas present ever- thank you Ama!) we’re at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure a lot. But over the years, our Disney experiences have ebbed, flowed and...