One year ago this month Washington found its first case of COVID-19. One of the most life changing things a world could experience. When this happened lots of things changed for lots of people. So this is the story of how I became the photographer for some lovely friends of mine!

Well, it can be just about anything depending on what you want. However, as a therapist (my day job if you didn’t know this) it’s important to remember a few things:

If you do not want to be disappointed by not achieving your goals, or not quite making it all the way. Set your resolutions realistically, small enough, and enjoyable. Goal setting or resolution setting, whatever you want to call it should not always be set just once a year. New Years’ is just a great marking point for many people on “starting something new” or “trying again” however, we should always set ourselves small achievable goals every day.

The inspiration for this “Photo Hacks” video comes from Instagram. Yup, and you know I am talking about all the Reels and TikToks that get posted all over Instagram. But it was fun being able to turn my mindless scrolling into something productive. So during my late-night, boyfriends playing video game scrolling I came across a bunch of “photography hacks” some of which will have a whole other video, but these were my favorites and so I thought it would be a great opportunity to get creative with some fun people.

Well, let’s start here. Chelsea and Kevin found me through Chris and Cam (See the last blog HERE). We met over pizza in Georgetown, WA, and clicked! I knew it was gonna be a good tie with these two. We planned their engagement shoot at Franklin Falls and they survived a VERY wet day. But this was only the beginning….

About two and a half years ago I posted a giveaway! Sometimes I do these if I am feeling generous. And what I ended up with was life long clients/friends!

Chris entered this give away almost immediately. He had just started following me from a shoot he saw me do with some local celebrities! I wanted to rig this give away so I would get to work with Chris and his boyfriend, but then HIS NAME WAS DRAWN! what are the chances?

Again, this introduction dates all the way back to Carla Marie’s podcast, but if you’ve read this blog, at least once you’ve heard the story. Check out this blog for that story (HERE!). But that’s just the ROOT. There’s more to the way I met Kelly. Meeting Kelly was an incredible gift provided by Andrew Coleman Smith. Andrew being the amazing person he is was working on this really cool YouTube project with Kelly Hansen at King Five (a local Seattle news station). This project is Local Lens! (Click to check the channel out!!).