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As 2018 comes to an end, many people are posting their Top Nine photos of the year. Even though nine isn’t the typical even number that comes to mind when highlighting the top moments of a year, the nine-grid photo fits perfectly on Instagram. I’ve been looking through my photos trying to identify how I…
I was driving down a small country lane, getting ready to turn onto a still small — but slightly larger — country road. I looked both ways for nonexistent traffic and was surprised to see a large brown pick-up truck turning in beside me. The driver stopped his truck at a diagonal right next to…
I was standing in the middle of a farmer’s field Wednesday night, staring intently at the black sky when my phone rang. I could see a red haze creating a glow across the dark horizon. I looked down at the device in my hand. I didn’t recognize the number. Should I really answer? My hands…
Recently, I was talking to some friends about photography and I mentioned that the most time consuming part of photography for me isn’t shooting photos. I typically spend significantly more time on the editing process. I really love editing photos in Photoshop. I try to keep my photos as true to reality as possible, but…
Up until three weeks ago, I could take all of the facts I knew about gorillas and fit them neatly into one sentence. These days, I am an entire blog post full of gorilla knowledge, especially when it pertains to the specific family of gorillas living at the Brookfield Zoo. As most of you know,…
I know it’s been a few days since you’ve heard from your amazing self-recognized official gorilla birthing photographer, so I thought I better check in and let you know what has been happening around here. I’ve been laying low due to all of my fame and notoriety lately, as well as the constant ambush of…
On Friday, I had one of the most amazing photography experiences I have encountered. In fact, it happened so quickly, so unexpectedly and the moment felt so surreal that even when I looked back at my photos this morning, it was hard to believe I had taken them. Somehow, I walked into a precise location…
Back in April, I was scrolling through Facebook when a post popped up from our local park district. They were promoting an event that immediately caught my eye. It was a photography “scavenger hunt.” Participants would be given a list of items to find and photograph during the month of May. I already spend time…
This weekend, I had a little time to myself because my husband had taken our two girls out of town to visit his parents. Our boys are pretty much self-sufficient, so I took advantage of a Saturday morning to go for a hike. I have absolutely been loving the spring weather this past week, and…
When Kent and I were first married, we were trying to get involved in our first church together as a couple. It was a large regional church, so we attended a meeting to get to know other people who lived in our community. We lived about 25 minutes away from the church, and there weren’t…
