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Looking for the Poisoned Apple

Looking for the Poisoned Apple

I was leading a workshop in New Jersey last week, and whenever I teach I emphasize storytelling and how important that can be to an image. For me, the best images have story packed in. It might not be obvious, but it is always something that the viewer can take to interpret as they like. In this particular shot that I set up, it was all about the story. Forget fancy image compositing – that’s not what I’m all about…

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The Uphill Battle

The Uphill Battle

You have an idea. A picture you might want to take, a story you want to write down, or something as simple as a cloud that catches your eye. You are inspired. You want to move forward. You start to create despite people in your life telling you not to. You start to create despite that little voice telling you it won’t be good enough. You create because you are inspired, and it feels like the right thing to do….

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Promoting Passion Week 25: Create Your Passion

Promoting Passion Week 25: Create Your Passion

So, you don’t know what to do with your life. Or, you have some idea, but you don’t know how to go about doing it. Or you do know, but you think it won’t work. Or you do know and think it will work, but you let fear hold you back. Fear is at the heart of all that we do or don’t do. Overcoming fear allows us to push forward in life, and succumbing to fear holds us back…

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Promoting Passion Week 24: To Dust

Promoting Passion Week 24: To Dust

There are moments in our lives that define us and shape who we will become. Sometimes distance is the best way to see those moments clearly, and others are profound enough to stop us in our tracks and make us change right then and there. I have had many of these defining moments thus far. Listening to a certain song in my husband’s car the first day we met. Chasing hot air balloons with my mom through the countryside. Walking…

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The Gift of Presence

The Gift of Presence

It was 4:30AM. I was lying in my bed in France waiting for my alarm to go off. I was nervous and excited about the events that were to unfold. I hoped others felt the same. I instructed all of the retreat attendees to be up by 5AM and ready to go on a partially moonlit 45-minute walk to a waterfall where, at sunrise, we would all jump in. Needless to say, I wasn’t entirely sure what the turnout would…

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