“A dream fulfilled is a great feeling, but it is also daunting. You’re left asking yourself, ‘What do I do now?’” By Ashley Mandanici | Twitter: @ashleymandanici All Rapunzel ever wanted for eighteen years was to see the floating lights drift up into the sky on her birthday, but not just from her bedroom window… she wanted to [...]
A simple four-word prayer changed my life. By Krista Jefferson | @KristaJefferson As a wedding photographer for many years, I longed for “more.” I still loved documenting love stories, but I felt called to use the photography skills God had blessed me with to make a difference. I had no idea how to do this. [...]
“Like many things, I begin to understand dignity best when I notice it’s missing.” By Stephanie Motz Skinner | Twitter: @stephmotz Photography has taught me a lot about dignity. There is something powerful and manipulative about images–our lives are filled with them. When I first started photographing people, I began to understand that by composing [...]
On Ugandan gardens + Honduran dreams. By Stephanie Motz Skinner | Twitter: @stephmotz December always seems to be a month of reflection for me. It’s a time infused with a steady air of change; of new beginnings. It’s always a time I appreciate the family I am surrounded with, and pine for the others who [...]
On small faith, mind-bending miracles, weepy bear hugs and an epic summer. “How much have you raised so far?*” he said resting his coffee cup on my cubicle wall and peering down on me. [*Context: On June 24th 2011, I announced a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG): 50 women in Vancouver + Half-Marathon = Raising [...]
