| ABOUT ME |

I’ve always loved pictures.  Loved looking at them, loved taking them.  When I started having children, taking pictures became a way for me to freeze and keep those little moments that made up the long days of being a mother to babies and toddlers. I was always much better at snapping a photo than at jotting down a thought.  Over time, I have come to realize that most of the memories that I have from the fog of those early years are anchored in my mind by photographs that I took.  Now, I’m a mother to two middle-schoolers, one fourth grader, and a kindergartener.  I still use my camera as my own personal freeze-ray gun for the many moments, mundane or extraordinary, that I want to keep forever.   And here’s the icing on the cake — photography isn’t all about archiving moments for me — I’ve also found that it helps me, even when I’m not taking pictures, to see the beauty in my own life.  That’s a pretty awesome thing, I think.