Meg and Ryan

(Meg and Ryan, engagement shoot. All pictures taken by me.

My first paying photo shoot!)

Art Time With Travis

To California With Love

I have not forgotten you,

Have you forgotten me?
Are we swimming our seperate ways,
In a long wide sea-
Of endless possibility?
Well baby, I think I always knew,
That this would either make or break us,
it would make us old or make us new.
Maybe we'll feed each other another line,
about change not being that hard,
or about being, `just fine.`
Or maybe the truth is,
we're just caught in being
destroyed and saved,
all at the very same time.

Lebanon

And He loveth the earth.

Animals, children, nature, people. How could I not recognize beauty in those things? In the midst of darkness, how could I ever not see the light?

Coffee With Rachel

My Aunt And I

Drinking new kids of tea,

Singing sit-com songs,
Resting on front porch swings,
Taking pictures of you and me.

Laughing at the same joke over and over again.
Taking life slower,
Free spirits and open minds,
Lovers of theater and worlds of pretend.

Getting lost in the same kind of music,
Fancy drinks, strong perfumes.
Later mornings and later nights,
Being called a dreamer and a mystic.

People who probe and people who pray,
Writing poetry in dark cafes.
Clothing of expression and jewelry too big,
People who have something to say.

We are connected at the soul.
Perhaps that's why, there is this
deep hole;
When you're not near,
When you're not here.

I try to chase this sadness down,
Yet am only led to
a realization and a frown:
That this hole may never be filled,
while this is true still:
That I am here, and you are there.

Yet, I have hope because I believe
that sky can't separate:
nor road, nor state,
or even fate,
people bound in spirit.
And even when far apart,
We dwell together always,
In the depths of my very deep heart.