Monthly Archives: January 2011

{a letter to my fellow photographers}

I remember when I first started out in this business {a statement that I find a bit humorous given that I still feel like I’m starting out sometimes!} how intimidating it felt to be a self-taught photographer in a rather competitive industry.  I had no formal training, I was learning Photoshop on my own at...

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{the silence among us}

We were off to a bit of a rough start in our house yesterday morning.  For no apparent reason, I woke up feeling especially exhausted; Hudson woke up grumpy and restless; we all slept in longer than we were suppose to and hence, we were running very late for church; and then to add insult...

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{wool socks and overpriced art}

In 1989, the National Gallery of Canada purchased a painting by American artist Barnett Newman for 1.8 million dollars.  The painting – entitled The Voice of Fire – consists of a red stripe painted on a blue background and was originally painted in 1967.  Its acquisition created no end of the controversy for the National...

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{the looking glass}

I had a bit of an accident over the weekend when some of my pictures fell off a shelf just as I was standing underneath them.  Two pictures fell to the floor, taking a chunk of my hand on the way down.  As broken glass surrounded me and blood began dripping from my hand, I...

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{kristen & aaron: engagement}

Before my husband and I got engaged, we used to talk a lot about all of the places that we wanted to travel to throughout our life.  We wanted to fly, we wanted to explore, we wanted to see the world.  Most of all though, we wanted to learn how to surf!  So when Steve...

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