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There are so many good things happening right now I just can’t believe it. It’s amazing what happens when you start believing in yourself and more importantly surround yourself with the right people. A certain magic is created and things start falling into place. ✨ #communityovercompetition
Self. It’s all we really have. Who we are inside our bodies. We spend so much time hating ourselves. Wishing we were someone else. Wishing we were different. Wishing we could have anything and everything that isn’t what currently exists. This mindset is dangerous. And it has to stop. But the only way to get it to stop is by finding self love. . It’s taken me a long time but I’m here. And just as I arrived so did @brittanythecreative She has spent years walking her path and I have spent years walking mine and now they have collided. . Today we created @self.theportraitcollective and I have never felt more certain of anything in my whole life as I am of this space. . It is a community of women that empowers each other. Through portraits, through stories and essays, magazines, conferences, workshops and the sky. . Let’s lift each other up instead of breaking each other down. Let’s give ourselves what we crave from all those that won’t give it to us. Let’s cultivate some magic and love.
We’re in the midst of the snowpocolypse here in Portland and here’s your update: It’s currently not snowing and the roads are just fine.
Community Over Competition . This is not something that exists everywhere. This industry is so cliquey you sometimes feel like you’re back in high school. There are definitely the cool kids that not everyone gets to hang out with. And then those that just want to fit in. (The latter was me for a long time.) . But then I moved to Portland and I got so damn lucky. I don’t know how I did it but I somehow managed to find such a solid group of women to surround myself with. Women that lift each other up. Support each other. And most importantly share knowledge. . There’s a lot of best kept secrets. A lot of information on how to do this or how to do that but very few people are willing to share out of fear of competition. . I have learned so much from the people I know that I want to give back. If you are struggling or have questions about ANYTHING. Please reach out to me. I will help where I can. I will share what I know. Because that’s what it’s about for me. Paying forward what I was given. Our community needs it and deserves it. I would not be where I’m out without these women and I am eternally grateful for them.
I’m sick and it’s the worst. But this shoot wasn’t the worst and I need more like it in my life.
Do you like puzzles? Because I do. ••• Isn’t it a funny thing that when you try to fit a piece to a puzzle in the wrong spot you spend sooooo much time fighting against what it’s telling you. It’s saying I don’t go there and you fight and you push through. You MAKE. IT. HAPPEN. because it has to go there. You spend far too long insisting that’s where it just has to go. Well, that’s how my photography journey has been. For a long time I tried to fit myself into a place that wasn’t for me. But not anymore. I wrote a blog (the link is in my bio if you’re interested in giving it a read) about what I’ve really been experiencing these last six months. And as I sit and write this caption I am absolutely terrified to put it out there. But it’s out there. Because I know I’m not alone and I believe it’s really important to truly share who I am and what my work is about.

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