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All you need is good light and emotion. And tea. Must have tea.

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A few days ago, I posted a tweet about how many women are considering leaving the workplace so that they can teach their children at home. This consequence is one of the first things that worried me when school returned home.
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First, I want to say that if you want to stay home by choice, I fully back you. I want mothers to be able to be what they want to be. But it seems that society has pushed mothers back home SO easily. It was pretty much a given that they give up what they were working towards.
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This tweet sparked so many conversations in my DMs yesterday. Many, many heartbroken women who are left with the shattered remnants of dreams they have spent YEARS building. Prior to the pandemic, there was a sense of hencticness that came with both parents working. A few of you messaged me that it was sign that a parent needed to return to the home. BUT what I was hoping for was that we could opt instead to a society with more flexible schedules, better leave policies, flexible workspaces and task based instead of time based work days. Instead of saying "whoa, this is too hard when mothers are working" we say "how can we make work WORK for mothers".
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From this pandemic experience, I have a fear and I have a hope.
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The fear first: that we will, as a society, push to get men back to work as fast as possible since they often have higher pay and women's work will continue to remain on the back burner. That is a bummer of a reality that I hope we don't reach.
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Here is the HOPE: we have learned from this that the story we have told ourselves about what work has to be isn't actually true. We CAN be way more flexible. We don't NEED to travel to an office unnecessarily. Perhaps this is a once in a lifetime chance to examine our workplace expectations and change them to truly give women an equal chance to chase dreams AND balance motherhood. I really, really hope we take it. I hope companies see the value that makes up the mothers of the working world and make steps to rethink how work COULD be.
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Can we do it all flawlessly? No. But we can do it way better than we were and working mothers are worthy of the creative thinking it would take to get there.

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Happy Friday everyone! I’m back with another Friday follow with some wonderfully talented ladies!
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TR: @shefaliparekhphotography
BR: @whitepinepics
TL: @mackenziepudenzphotography
BR: @daniellenavratilphotography

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These sisters were just the sweetest and silliest!

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Hi, friends! Happy Monday.
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Anyone have anything they are looking forward to this week?

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To all my lovely clients: thank you for your patience as I catch up on editing! Turns out spending so much time driving to magical mountains leaves less time for editing 🥴
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I need a self driving car. A self driving, tea serving, off roading, murder podcast playing car and my life would be complete.

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This is always at this time of year I get excited for the next year. Usually it is because I am coming off a really busy summer and I ready for the quiet of late fall and then the existential dread that winter brings lol.
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This time of year generally coincides with a being able to get some space and a breather that comes with my kiddos going back to school- obviously that breathing room is MIA so I am working on letting go. Letting go of what could have been that cannot be. Letting go of where and what I *thought* I would be doing and living in these moments instead.
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There are some things you just gotta let go because fighting them is a worthless endeavor. As I look to next year, I am really excited about some baby ideas I am nurturing.
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I have loved the last 10 years of 100+ sessions a year but that chapter must close a bit. I am excited to branch out a bit! But these dreams come with their own "let it go's". Let go of the fear it won't work. Let go of the worry that I will fail. Let go of whatever this virus does to the economy- let is slide right through my fingers like sand. -
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Instead of floundering around in the uncontrollables, I am taking tiptoeing steps towards a slightly different future with my face towards the sun.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: the sun leaves in winter, when my heart turns to a sad little stone so I might turn to you guys to help me thought that time. I have always suffered in winter. I will help you, too. 🙃😭😂😅🥰

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I was chatting with a friend about how much I love mountain sessions except one thing: it’s not as easy to play in the mountains.
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Beyond not wanting to take the chance to have a child literally leap off a cliff, I always try to be mindful of flowers and plants that don’t bode well under the playful steps of kiddos. I do long for, in my dreams, a mountaintop field where kids could run and play as they are meant to.
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But when I find places that allow for a bit of play high up in the hills, that is when I feel most aligned and happy as a photographer.
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This was a super fun session with another PNW photographer @laycebaumanphoto.
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I hope you have all had a nice weekend!

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