Inspiration

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." We always try to hit the road before wedding season starts - it's such a great way to get inspired! So happy we were able to share our of love of the road and mountains with our little one for the first time! 

The Stories Behind the Photograph - Death Valley

This was the first national park that Amber Graziano and I visited together. I had heard of this creepy place called "Death Valley" as a kid and honestly, the name stuck. Ever since then I wanted to go there. This particular image was shot on a 35+ year old film camera that was my Dad's. He bought it when I was born to photograph me growing up. I think it is fitting that my first tentative steps into exploring and photographing wild places was with the very same camera that captured my very first steps ever. The scan of this particular negative isn't super high-resolution but I think it really shows how desolate and bleak Death Valley is.

The Stories Behind the Photograph

Last fall I was challenged by a friend of mine to a Facebook photo challenge. I had to share one photo a day for seven days.  Normally I wouldn't pay any attention to something like this, but it sounded fun and I thought I'd give it a go. I honestly thought no one would really pay any attention to the photos I was positing, so in order to make the challenge a bit more meaningful to myself, I decided to share the story behind each photograph - just to give it a little more meaning and context.   I never dreamed that so many people would follow along - the response I got was crazy!! I even had people messaging me to see when the next image and story would be posted!

This little photo challenge made me realize something about photographs; we live in a world that is saturated with images - we're constantly bombarded on our phones, magazines, social media - so much so that I feel like the power of a photograph can be lost, it's just another photo - big deal, right? But think back to the last time you were showing pictures to family or friends - we show the photo but we share the story behind it.  It's the stories behind the photographs that make them so meaningful.  I was rather inspired by this and decided to make this a regular feature on my blog for 2017. Some of the images I'll be sharing are my own personal images - photographs from our travels to wild places that act as my muse and inspiration.  Others will be images I've take for clients.  I hope you find these stories as interesting as I do - I'd love to hear your feedback so be sure to leave comments!!!