You are a woman learning how to live after profound loss without abandoning herself in the process.

Every year, I plan a Birthday Photo Shoot.  Just like last year, I wasn’t 100% sure that I would sit for a portrait, but I knew that Cliff would encourage me to complete the portrait.  He would tell me that he shouldn’t be the reason for the portrait not to happen.  So, I made my […]

A chrysalis is defined as the pupal stage of a butterfly.  It’s where a caterpillar makes its transformation into an adult.  The chrysalis protects this process, and it is critical in the transformation.  It’s during this stage where significant changes take place.  I heard this explanation as it relates to widowhood when I attended Camp Widow.  I didn’t fully grasp […]

During this journey back to photography, I am opening myself up to different photographic themes.   This doesn’t mean that I’ve changed my subjects.  I’m still photographing women and helping them honor their journeys.  However, different genres open my eyes to seeing how some women want to document their lives fearlessly, and I am here for […]

During this journey back to photography, I am opening myself up to different photographic themes.   This doesn’t mean that I’ve changed my subjects.  I’m still photographing women and helping them honor their journeys.  However, different genres open my eyes to seeing how some women want to document their lives fearlessly, and I am here for […]

Vogue magazine is often looked to as the standard for fashion.  It has for a long time.  Vogue was the inspiration for a Time for Print session that I participated in during the first weekend of March.  I joined the session because I wanted to get behind the camera again.  Secondly, this session was in […]

Here in the Valley there’s an annual photography event that creatives look forward to attending.  It’s called the Junkyard Photo Shoot, and it’s an all-day event.  Photographers, models, stylists, and makeup artists venture to Wittman, AZ to create art.  In the past, I attended the event for specific purposes – practice lighting, create art, and […]

I belong to local photography group that consists only of women.  The members are models, photographers, makeup artists.  The group was started as a safe space for women creatives because of prior bad experiences with male photographers.  I was a member before leaving the Phoenix area.  Since then, there are groups literally all over the […]

I was chatting with a friend recently as to why women struggle so much with boundaries.  I’m not saying that all women have this challenge, but a good many of us do.  I know that I wrestle with internal and external boundaries.    The response that I offered my friend is that women are nurturers.   We […]

I am a Women’s Portrait Photographer who captures women who want to break the cycle of self-neglect by honoring their journeys.  These images are printed in albums to document their lives and pass down as family heirlooms.  These images become priceless.  I’ve taken many self-portraits, but the most precious image that I have was taken […]