The Feel of Passion | Why I Left Portrait Photography

The smell of sweet honeysuckle dancing under your nose to announce the arrival of spring.  The feeling of air under your toes as your boots embrace the powdery snow. The velvety feel of fine watercolor paper between your fingers. I loved loved loved  photography when I stumbled into portrait photography almost seven years ago. I loved putting the camera down […]

A Depression Confession

It’s hard the days depression hits. Bipolar depression throws a person for a loop. You have to adjust. Life downshifts for the mountain you are about to climb. You were just racing down a flat road the day before with wind in your hair and a smile on your face. Slowly you start to think you […]

Fireworks In Mommy’s Head

 “You can never build a bridge (to understanding) until you get rid of all of the walls.” Chapman & Campbell, The Five Love Languages of Children We often get angry because we (the mentally ill) just don’t understand what the hell is going on with us. It’s confusing. It’s scary. It’s produces fear. Fear produces anger. […]