When I first started my blog I wanted to be one of those bloggers who blogged a lot. Maybe even every day. I wanted my blog to be a sort of record of my personal journey into photography; like a diary I could look back on. I wanted it to be filled with photos, yes, lots and lots of photos; but I also wanted it to be filled with stories – of couples in love, of wedding day celebrations, but also filled with stories of just the plain old everyday, of what I was up to and what I was thinking and feeling and doing. I feel like I used to do that well but that lately well to put it simply, I’ve found myself just really busy and other things have come first. And I wondered if really, at the end of the day, anybody really cared.

Funny enough though it’s often the more personal posts that I get the most feedback from and I want to get back into the habit of doing more of them. This past week has been a bit of a blur as I’ve tried to get on with all the normal everyday stuff while having hurt my back quite badly a few days ago. I’ve had problems with my back for pretty much as long as I can remember but every now and then something just tweaks. Yes, yes – I will go to the doctor. But for now I am armed with a bottle of back pain caplets and a very supportive husband and am plowing through a weekend of photo shoots with amazing people. Got one more later today and I really can’t wait for this one.

In other news I am so so excited to be heading up to London tomorrow to attend a mentor session with an amazing husband + wife team, photographers and business owners Brianna + Ewan! If you haven’t yet discovered their blog, you’re in for a treat. I can’t wait to learn and laugh with them, and I’m pretty sure I might just fill an entire notebook full of notes. And you can bet I’ll be giving a full review of my experience back here on the blog later this week.

I’m going to leave you with this frame from a shoot we did yesterday afternoon. I found new parents Jon + Andie in the middle of our family shoot  lying out on the grass enjoying just a few seconds alone. They’ve just adopted the two cutest kids and I can’t wait to show you the rest of their beautiful family. But I just love this one: a rare, peaceful moment in a world of crazyness. Makes me want to just lie down and take a breath.