Coming Home to Love, Light, and Why I Began

For a while, I was quiet.

Life pulled me away from photography for deeply personal reasons, and during that season, the camera rested more than it worked. Stepping back was necessary. Healing was necessary. And as much as I missed creating, I also needed the pause.

Now, I’m back.

This chapter feels like a true start‑over—one that includes reworking my website and blog from the ground up. Clearing space, rebuilding slowly, and telling stories again with fresh intention.

What has surprised me most about returning is where my heart has landed. For the first time in years, I feel drawn back to my roots—couples and senior portrait photography—the very place where my journey began. .

That pull found me unexpectedly while I was shopping for a photographer for my own daughter’s wedding. Sitting on the other side of the process, seeing love through a mother’s eyes, I felt something spark again. I was reminded how powerful it is to preserve connection, emotion, and the fleeting moments that matter most. That experience reawakened something in me: a deep desire to create images of love again.

I’ve always believed photographs are more than images—they’re anchors. They hold us to moments we never want to forget. And lately, I’ve felt called to return to that purpose with fresh eyes and a full heart.

I will always be a dance photographer. Movement, expression, and art are woven into who I am, and I still hope to create images that celebrate motion and storytelling through the body. That part of me isn’t going anywhere and I can’t wait to head out and make shapes with old friends and new!

But right now, I’m embracing stillness too.

Life has shifted. We’re empty nesters now, sharing our days with three very needy dogs. Travel looks different these days—more intentional, more limited—but that hasn’t made life smaller. If anything, it’s slowed us down in the best way. We’ve learned how to live more gently, to appreciate quiet moments, soft light, and unhurried days.

That slower pace has changed how I see the world—and how I photograph it.

So while I may not be hopping on planes every other week, I’m always open to an adventure with meaning. If you have an idea, a story, or a place that feels epic and true, I want to hear about it. Let’s dream it up together.

This chapter feels like a homecoming—back to love, back to connection, back to why I picked up a camera in the first place.

I’m excited to see you out there.

Let’s do something epic.