These Photos Aren’t for YOU
When I was a little girl, we would eat dinner as a family every night at five o’clock. My dad was in the Air Force and when he arrived home, dinner was on the table. […]
Photography
I’m not in it for the Likes
Dear Friends, I’ve opted out of playing The Social Media Game.I refuse to do it. Notice I’m not saying I’ve opted out of social media. I love social media; you are reading these words because […]
The Lesson from Costco’s Photo Lab
I received a letter from Costco that the location I frequent for my 8lbs of ground beef and jumbo bottle of vodka is closing their photo department. Why? Because in spite of more pictures being […]
We Are Known By What We Leave Behind
100 years from now, no one is going to care who I am. I know this. I don’t mean that in a bad way and I don’t say it in the hopes someone will contradict […]
If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos posted to websites and ads:
If the real world worked like the online-photography world of stolen photos posted to websites and ads: <insert crying> Why is everyone so mad? I never said it was MY car. And I didn’t know […]
The Airing of Grievances
Festivus is December 23. For those of you unfamiliar with Festivus, you need to stop reading this and go watch “The Strike,” which is Episode 10 from the 9th Season of “Seinfeld.” I’m serious. If […]
Stuff I Believe
1. Honor and integrity still mean something. 2. In the “Game of Social Media,” where “likes” and “follows” can be purchased for no more than the price of a couple of Venti Pumpkin Spice Lattes […]
A Very Serious Glitterbomb of Truth
I can joke about a lot of things, because I can find the humor in a lot of things, but when it comes to the sexualization and objectification of our young girls, I draw the […]
Grown Children Looking at their Childhood Photos 20 Years from Now
“Hey, mom, what is going on here?” “Oh my goodness, let me take a look. THAT is you at 2 weeks of age.” “Why am I hanging from a tree in this one picture? That’s […]
“Hey, Toots!”
I stopped by a new frame shop in town on my way to a wedding. My old frame shop had closed and I was thrilled to create a relationship with a wonderful new business who […]