Simple Steps...

I shot this flower one day on my way to work out at the Silverado Resort Spa. At the time I never knew this flower would turn out to be one of my favorite shots but the colors, the lighting and the simplicity of the moment bless me every time I look at it.

I found out later that this Day Lily's life isn't very long...only a day. Imagine that...one day of life.

I wonder how we would live if we only had one day left?

Sounds daft perhaps but I look at my photoshoots as if each one will be my last. That way I can put my best foot (or in this case my best lens) forward.

Works well for this pensive photographer.

Flagstaff Photographer

Flagstaff has so much to offer a photographer. Not only beautiful sunsets, sunrises and mountains, and four seasons, but a diverse population of fun people and playful pets. I'm so blessed to report that my business here has proliferated beyond my imagination.

While in Napa Valley, I also had the wonderful blessing of shooting great landscapes, rustic homes, verdant hillsides and of course...the vineyards. On file are thousands...yes, thousands of shots over the course of 16 years...most shots on my bike or hiking.

I am truly blessed and all thanks goes to my Wonderful Counselor and Ever-lasting Father!!!

Flagstaff, Arizona...just about 7,000 feet...

God does work in mysterious ways...and the older I get, the more I see that His ways are definately not our ways. As a photographer, I can surmise that there are times my pictures turn out a lot different that I thought they would. Yes, even in this day of digital previews of every image on my monitor, I'm often surprised once I get home and excitedly view each shot...only to find out, in most cases, how great that shot really was. That's a good thing in my world.

I knew when we moved to Napa Valley 15 years ago that it would be temporal, but what I didn't know was that we would be moving back to Flagstaff. We, my husband Dan and I, assumed we would buy land in middle Arizona, build a vineyard and open a photography/pr studio and accounting firm. Great picture hun?

Well, such is life that the Good Lord would have us move back to the mountains of Flagstaff. We knew in our hearts it would be a good picture, the sunsets, majestic hillsides, aspens, urban trails and the heartbeat of our life...our son, his wife and...our precious granddaughter.

What we didn't know was the picture was even better than we imagined.

Such is life...such is the heart of our God, always looking out for us in every capacity...be from directing my lens or directing our lives, He is in control and more often than not, He'll work in mysterious ways.

No Language Barriers in Photography

I love the fact that I can sit down with anyone in the world, show them images and not have to interpret. Pictures speak for themselves...the photographer brings the interpretation in his/her style and the spectator conceives.