A look back at 2014

As I was going through the entire year of files upon files upon files, looking for my favorite images from this year, I became overwhelmingly overwhelmed. When 2014 began I had no idea all of the amazing things that would transpire. I had some goals, and there were some specific things I wanted to accomplish. Part of me was nervous that everything would just fall apart and I would become interested in something else and no one would want to hire me. 

Things could not have ended up more different. My passion for photography grew and grew. I learned more than I thought possible and realized just how much I still have to learn. I had many repeat clients as well as more new ones than I ever saw coming. I became more confident while at the same time continuing to battle that ever present artistic "fear" that I won't measure up, that my work will be viewed as ho-hum and that I will never be able to accomplish the dreams that I think about often. 

I was able to document moments that I never expected. A ballet studio, a graduation, the milky way, a gorgeous wedding, a birth. I spent time with so many families and laughed and ran and spent many a next day stretching my sore leg muscles. I captured emotion. I documented memories. The images on this page seem never ending, but I remember every single one of them in vivid detail. 

2014 was an amazing year. There were things I am extremely proud of and many things I wish I did better. As 2015 arrives and along with it a lot of uncertainty and change, I could not be more excited to take what 2014 taught me and make 2015 ridiculously successful for me personally, my business and my clients. Happy New Year!! 

Seattle: The Ferry

The ferry is one of my absolute favorite things in Seattle. Growing up in Albuquerque, (with the closest water more than 50+ miles away) driving your car on to a huge boat in order to get somewhere else was completely foreign to me. It still amazes me to this day to see how many cars actually fit on these ferries that travel back and forth in the Puget Sound every single day. 

During my time in Seattle, I had a friend who lived across the Sound, so catching the ferry to get to her house was pretty common for me. I love the entire process. Anxiously wondering if you will arrive on time, waiting in the line and watching people scramble back to their cars once they realize the loading process is about to start, having the ferry workers direct the cars onto the boat and hearing the loud thump as your car goes over the ramp and onto the boat, and then seeing the sights and views during the 30-60 min ride across the water. 

Paul and I took the ferry over to Bainbridge during our trip and I decided to commemorate the moment with some snaps. The one at the bottom of him and the stairs is one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip.