He was sitting next to me.  The plane was headed to San Diego.  It was the middle of December, and I felt so exhausted I chose not to introduce myself—just close my eyes and rest.  Little did I know our new friendship would lead to one of our best family travel adventures! But first the […]

“It’s peculiar, to reach your destination,” he told me.  “You think you’ll arrive and perform the thing you came for and depart in contentment.  Instead you get there and find distance still to go.” –So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger This quote couldn’t sum up the last few weeks of my life any […]

Our upcoming Orange County (CA) CONFIDENCE Photography Workshop is almost SOLD OUT! The weekend is April 23-24.   We are so excited! The women have already started emailing the group their stories, why they are coming, what they hope to get out of the weekend, their fears, insecurities and enthusiasm. Brian and I are loving reading […]

Somewhere between being chased by an ape and fizzling electricity, Me Ra and Brian got to work on the website and we’re back in business! Thank you to all of you who emailed, tested and re-tested it out for me, and for your patience. We’re extending the voting  for our second Comfort Photo Contest with […]

Many of you tried to vote over the last few days and have run into problems. Are you one of those? So frustrating?!? Arrrrrgggghh! 🙁 It’s Genie. Thank you for emailing and letting us know. We’re working on it – not so easy from Thailand but Brian’s on it! So stand by,  – the deadline […]

Are you ready for a NEW round of Five Inspiring Finalists?  Here we go friends!  We had two Photo Contests run simultaneously.  Both Photo Contests had a theme of COMFORT.  One Photo Contest challenged you to focus on using BLUR/Low F-stops = buttery, blurry backgrounds.  The other Photo Contest challenged you to use the theme […]