I’m Writing

Hello dear, sweet blog. Hello readers and friends. ((Hugs all around!))

I haven’t been talking much, I know. I’ve been posting lots of lovely pictures of sessions and weddings, and dear me, there are lots more that need to be posted. Twenty, to be exact. Twenty! (This is the part where I normally go hide under my white fuzzy blanket with a fresh cup of coffee and start editing the next session instead.) (PS: if you are one of those twenty waiting to be published, you will be. I promise.) So yes, I’ve been photographing lots of amazing events and capturing sweet, lovely moments with the most wonderful people. I’ve been blogging those images as time allows, and shooting and editing my little booty off, but there’s just something missing around here…

I think it’s me.

My voice, I mean. I used to write a lot more, but lately it’s become more visual, more pictures, less words. I’ve been letting the images speak for themselves, which is wonderful in itself. But it’s starting to feel a little impersonal. I’ve been absent.

Truth is, I’ve been out exploring. I’ve been out seeing different things, photographing different things, doing different things. Moving across the country and rebuilding our life and my business has given me the freedom to explore a little more. While Jamie’s been kicking butt at his dream job, I’ve been tiptoeing along the surf of the chilly Pacific, hiking mountains, exploring cities, and sipping California red wine along with my staple Michigan sweet riesling. (Like I’d give up my favorite Riesling. Come on now.) I’ve been photographing not only weddings, but sweet newborns and new moms, big happy extended families, gorgeous interiors of newly built homes, amazing architecture, exquisite gowns, models, horses, everything. One of the most surprising little bits of bliss was spending hours alone in airports and window seats, giving me time to let my imagination wander, a luxury I haven’t given myself in a long time. It’s been glorious. I’ve shared snippets of this new life on instagram, but not as much here. Little pictures and status updates, but not full thoughts or stories.

I want to write more. Talk more, share more, listen more. So here I am, at 11:30pm, writing a silly little post about how I’m going to write more. It’s kinda funny really, but I had to start somewhere :) I don’t even have a proper photo to go with this post, so I’m digging one out that I never shared. It’s from about a year ago, soon after the move, in a moment when I let my guard down, a moment of me just being me. (…with really long hair. I just cut it all off about a week ago, but that’s a story for another day.)

Be ready for more of this, people. Me being me.

So. It’s your turn. Yes, you! You’ve listened to me rambling this far already, and I’d love to know more about you too.  What you’re up to, what’s new, what’s old, what’s good. What’s making you smile these days? :)  Chat with me in the comments below  :)

Thank you Sam, Amber, and Jesh for this awesome moment.  //  xoxo, Kristen