A few weeks ago, I was shooting with my 50mm 1.4 lens (aka the “nifty fifty” or “thrifty fifty”) and suddenly I noticed that it was having major difficulty focusing. This had happened another time not too long before but for some reason it just started working again. Not good. This lens along with my [...]

I came across these photos that I took back in June and had, of course, quickly forgot about them. This summer has been crazy with trying to keep two 5-year-olds entertained/occupied/out of my hair (wait! I didn’t mean that! (mostly)). On this afternoon, I decided some free entertainment was in order. So they put on [...]

Yesterday morning, JB and I watched the Australian rider Cadel Evans ride onto the Champs Élysées with the yellow jersey and his first ever victory in the Tour de France after coming oh-so close in previous years. Cadel’s first time riding the tour was in 2005 and, at the time, I was 5 months pregnant [...]

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I spent what felt like a solid 48 hours in the company of some awesome women while attending Melissa Jill’s MJ2Day workshop. It was two jam-packed days of details on photography and, more importantly, business to help me create a photography business that my ideal clients will love [...]