My friend, Carla, turned me on to how great a few hours at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens can be for our entire family. The kids love exploring, feeding the koi fish and seeing any special exhibits. I can shoot some photos of kids doing said things and we all get out and get some […]

In 2020, my in-laws sold their farm my kids had grown up visiting. It was a sad day for everyone. But luckily, they missed the farm life as well and decided to buy another property. Over a long weekend, we visited for the first time. There’s no house built yet, so it was quaint staying […]

Alright people, don’t sleep on the mountains in the fall! My husband and I were fortunate enough to visit the San Jan Mountains at the end of September and it was a sight to see! The aspens were changing colors and every view was stunning. Similar to our beach vacation, I only packed my film […]

Shooting my own kids is fun, yet challenging. I love documenting the everyday things we do. I know these are the images I (and hopefully they) will be drawn to remembering as they get older. When I shoot digitally, I can click away. This allows my kids to keep moving, without much direction from me […]

The beach. The ocean. It’s my favorite combination. I am better version of myself at the beach. So needless to say, I was excited to pack my (film) camera bag when we headed to Port Aransas over Labor Day weekend. At this point, I had only shot two rolls of film and was learning so […]

Welcome to a new blog series called Shot on Film! At the end of August, I picked up an old film camera my father-in-law gave me a few years ago (that I never thought I’d have any use for) and started messing around with it. To my surprise, my digital lenses fit the old 35mm camera […]