On this gorgeous autumn morning, my husband and I went outdoors to enjoy Veteran’s Day. We drove to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland and hiked out to photograph Great Falls from Olmsted Island. The Potomac River narrows at this point on its way towards DC, and it’s a popular spot […]
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Sharing Photos for Schools
Images Tell Stories For many reasons, photography and visual storytelling is one of my passions. I started playing with inexpensive cameras when I was in college, and become slightly obsessed with recording my adventures when I worked abroad for eight years. During my teaching years in Micronesia, Colombia, and Saudi Arabia, I traveled in the […]
First Flight (Family Road Trip 2016)
Wings for All One of our first concerns about planning our trip was the airplanes and airports. Our boys had never flown or even been in an airport, and we knew that preparing them for their first flight would require dedicated time and effort. After some research, I learned about the Wings for Autism/Wings for […]
Visual Storytelling (Family Road Trip 2016)
In 1991, my husband Michael bicycled across the United States, from Los Angeles to Boston on a ride for charity. He pedaled every inch of the way on a trip that lasted 43 days. It was one of the first things I learned about him when we began dating, and I was fascinated with his […]
Photography as a Learning Tool
Several months ago, I was invited to participate in Career Day at my sons’ elementary school. I’ve done freelance photography on the side for several years, and though I could have presented about the kinds of photography I do, I decided to go a different route. Here is my thought process. Photography is a skill, […]
