I’ve learned pretty heavily at this point in my career— it’s not about who I shoot for, and it’s dually not about myself, it’s about us.

If you don’t know me, you might never understand my love for the harmonies in God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, you might never learn that I picked up a film camera when I was seventeen and was told that girls’ weren’t allowed into the darkrooms at school because we weren’t smart enough to develop negatives, that I sing in the car because I don’t perform on stages anymore, and I absorb emotions from every person in the room as if I’m watching a movie.

If you inquire with me, you’ll find out that the reason it takes me 12 hours to respond to texts sometimes is because I am a registered nurse in the emergency room, and sometimes there’s no time to think in between those hours. But I’ve also learned quite heavily and brutally, that life is short. The smallest things you might think matter,

don’t.

So what does?

The people you can’t live a day without, your favorite song, the first friend you call when you get engaged, God himself and the restoration of peace and humility in my heart, and, to me—

— that dusty camera from 1940 that sits on my dresser. Because if my photos do stand the test of time, I want to leave us all with memories that prove our lives are meaningful and worthy. Print the pictures out, marry your best friend, swim in the ocean, buy the camera, wear the dress, open the expensive wine bottle, love unapologetically, and tell the people you love that you love them.

That’s simply all I can tell you about myself. The rest you’ll learn as we go. Maybe I’ll add in that I have a lemon candle addiction.. but I’m doing really good this year, I’ve only purchased one!!!

It’s important you get to know me as I get to know you. Soon enough, you’ll find out that documentation of love on digital and film is simple,

it’s our energy that creates the magic.