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Moving On
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Moving On
The first time my husband came to America, he funded his flight ticket in part by selling his beloved old...
What I Learned
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What I Learned
When I received an email in my Flickr inbox asking me if I was interested in a position as a...
Farewell to the Mortal Muses
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Farewell to the Mortal Muses
It is with great regret that we have decided to say farewell to Mortal Muses at the end of this...
Things Change
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Things Change
Photography used to be my entire life. I ran a portrait business, I spent all my free time reading tutorials...
Adventures in 19th-century photography
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Adventures in 19th-century photography
Last month I spent a weekend doing “wet-plate collodion photography” course. As you may have noticed, I enjoy the challenge...
Africa Hipstamatic
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Africa Hipstamatic
I’ll be heading back to South Africa for a few weeks to visit family and friends, so I thought I’d...
Shooting for Imperfection
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Shooting for Imperfection
As photographers the most important thing we learn is how to perfect every element of a photograph. We learn to...
A Happy Place
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A Happy Place
I think we all have one place that makes us unexpectedly happy. For me, that place is the airport. Whenever...
The Language of Dreams
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The Language of Dreams
Top Left: the leaf that looked like a tree, Top Right: double exposure of two paintings Bottom Left: churning, Bottom Right:...
Let’s Fast Forward to the Year 2100
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Let’s Fast Forward to the Year 2100
Evan and I share a compulsion: any time we see old photographs in thrift or antique store, we buy them....
Chasing Dreams
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Chasing Dreams
When I was in high school I wrote out a bucket list, a list of things to do before I...
Book review: A Beautiful Anarchy by David duChemin
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Book review: A Beautiful Anarchy by David duChemin
For those of you who are familiar with the work of David duChemin it will come as no surprise that...
Introducing Our Newest Muse, Jenny Wall
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Introducing Our Newest Muse, Jenny Wall
It is with great pleasure (and a huge honor that I get to write this introduction) that I announce to...
Rhythm of a Story
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Rhythm of a Story
Ever since Kirstin posted her app review about Steller, I have been shooting differently. Despite the fact that I...
Shameless…With a Few Tips
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Shameless…With a Few Tips
I wasn’t going to write this post. Not here. It seemed…so…shameless. Yet, my fellow Muses told me to go for...
Finishing Things & Junctures
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Finishing Things & Junctures
These images are from a roll of expired Kodak 200. A roll of film I shot while wandering aimlessly, trying...
Through The Viewfinder
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Through The Viewfinder
Over the weekend I was digging around in my archives for an image and came across one of my old...