I love the look of a macro lens for so many reasons. Its buttery-smooth softness. Its ability to get so up close and personal with an object. Just brings a whole new dimension and life into an image. And, really, when you’re talking about a wedding or other significant event, it’s the details that bring...
Category Archives: Thought Provoking
Respond on purpose, with purpose.
I came across this the other day and found it incredibly thought-provoking. How do you look at daily situations? What if you chose not to be overcome by them, but rather see the issue as an uplifting experience? I can think of a hundred ways this applies to my life — how about you? What...
Fight for it and Forward
I was having a moment today. A moment that set me in my place. Needing a distraction, I opened my Google Reader and came across this from Justin and Mary Marantz. Words so beautifully spoken, straight from and to the heart. • • • • • It takes courage to chase a dream. Raw, unfettered,...
Transfer Student
It was the summer before my sophomore year of high school. My parents had just learned that the company that my dad worked for was transferring him. Uprooting us from our charming small-town Minnesota life :: packing up our possessions into stale cardboard boxes and a forest’s worth of packing paper. Men I had never...
What’s your true color?
If your favorite color could talk, what would it say about you? More than you think! The Dewey Color System is one of the most accurate non-language, color-based career tests available. Instead of questions, the method uses color preferences to show occupational interests. All in sixty seconds. (No joke.) Even CEO’s across the nation are...
My new favorite book
Wednesdays are c-r-a-z-y at our house. Preschool, storytime, gymnastics, maybe a workout and some lunch if there’s time. No other day seems as packed as this one every. single. week. Today we took a few extra minutes after storytime to choose a few new books for our evening reading. And we came across this gem…...
With grace and gusto
On the advice of a friend/trusted business colleague, I took a risk recently–a risk that I knew in my heart wasn’t really a gamble in terms of my business and where it will lead, but a leap of faith deep within to see myself, my art and my business through a new light. While I’m...