06/09/2026
You know that feeling when you haven’t seen a friend in a very long time, maybe even years but the minute you see each other it’s as if no time has passed. You find out that despite time and distance you have picked up as if there were none at all. That’s what coming back to photography has felt like for me recently.
I was a full time photographer for ten years prior to 2020 and I honestly loved every second of it. A lot of life and change has occurred over the last six years but what is now more clear than ever is that my passion still lies with photography.
It is that old friend that once you see, you realize just how much you’ve missed them.
So much has changed, in the world, in my own life. The pandemic forced me out of a career I loved and on the other side I found myself not entirely sure if it was still for me. I sat with that question for a long time. I doubted myself. Was I really as talented as I had once believed? Was there still a need for photography like mine?
Answers and questions continued. Like a push and pull. The pro/con list see-sawing back and forth.
And yet despite it all the conclusion I have come to is this. I find myself being pulled back with a force so strong I cannot deny it. I think of a quote I came across years and years ago when I was still figuring out my college major.
The quote said “do not ask what the world needs, rather ask what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” The world needs this now more than ever.
Photography makes me come alive in a way not much else ever has. Telling your stories, creating memories and friendships that have stood the test of time. Watching these families grow up in front of my lens. It’s something I have always been honored to do. It feels important. And so the lists have been tossed out. Caution has been thrown back to the wind and I am diving back into a career I love.
If you made it this far with me— thanks for being here.