2008 was a very frustrating, invigorating, trying, and ever-so-rad year!

Groovy opportunities happened my way. I met awesome people. New friendships were forged.

My plate was definitely full…
I was being called numerous directions….
but found myself yearning for something else…something more.

I’ve been working on a B.S. in Hotel & Restaurant Management for a couple years now, and aspire to run an Inn/Bakery-Bistro later on down the road. That is my future…I think — jury is still out on that one. Towards the end of ‘08, I realized that my other passion, photographing life and family, needed to be my “right now”.

I have always loved to photograph people and life, but more so since my husband and I had our first little girl. I felt this strong desire to capture every moment, so that we could look back and see our lives – how we changed, how we grew, how we laughed and loved and lived. Time passes us all by too quickly, and before we know it, they will be off to explore this great big world we live in.

One of my greatest reasons for capturing the everyday moments in our lives, is knowing that when my memory fails me (as it will with age), and after I’m gone, my photographs will speak for me. My children will be able to look back through their childhood, remember the good times, share a few laughs, cry a few tears, and be able to share in that with their children. When loved ones pass, they will have photographs to remember them by. Not the “say cheese” photographs, but photographs of their lives, as they truly were.

It started with a desire to do so for my family, but I felt this drive to do the same for other families as well. And then, barefoot photography LIFE. CAPTURED. was born.

I am so very stoked that I am finally launching my new website & blog!!! I spent much of my holiday downtime (well, that is when my girls were sleeping) playing around with with the site before I nailed what I wanted. And now, here it is!!!