Finally behind the lens again. I took a few months off of taking photos. Needed some time to refocus on my priorities and reconnect with myself. A lot of that involved getting quiet. Getting observant to the things and people around me.

In a world where we are constantly going, reaching for convenience and subconscious consumption of media and material things it’s hard to step away. In fact I’ve realized it’s hard to even survive and operate in a society that is conditioned to convenience and mass messaging.

Deleting social media used to be a strong-willed personal decision to me. Now it’s a sacrifice of missing an advertised event, a career opportunity, and for me as a journalist, the latest current events. A connection with a new friend.

Friendship has been so important to me more than ever. I realize it’s a main pillar of my life. Through moving to Salt Lake City and making new friends, my definition of love has changed. Relationships and connection is an essential in life as from the day we are born it takes a community to raise us. A community to survive. And a community to take pause and share presence with one another.

Through creating my home, my community I met Brea. Grateful for the opportunity to work with my friend and yoga teacher in this photoshoot. More collaborations to come!