The other day I was looking at Jamie Tworkowski’s instagram page (founder of To Write Love On Her Arms), and he posted a picture with a caption that made me put my phone down and cry a little: So here’s my message to you, which may come as a surprise, but i hope it makes…
So here it is! Part two and the rest of the places I went to in the US. If you haven’t read part 1, it’s here. 4. Kentucky After LA, I headed to Kentucky to visit one of my oldest and closest friends, Autumn Horton. Autumn and I met online when we were 13 or…
Growing up, my dad told us a lot of stories about his adventures and travels. I was always fascinated by the things he’s seen and places he’s been and could never get tired of hearing his stories. It made me want my own adventures, it made me want to travel the world. For the longest time,…
Fear can be the most crippling thing sometimes. It stops us from going after our dreams and it definitely makes our day-to-day lives so much harder. I’ve mentioned before that I get anxious sometimes about new relationships; always worried that I would end up being too annoying and driving people away. But I always convinced…
Started this blog post with mentioning how hectic the past few days have been, then realized I’ve been saying that way too much. Instead, lemme tell you about the awesome event at Gulf Photo Plus wednesday night. They had a community exhibition for the winners of the Day & Night competition, and it was so…
Sometimes it’s easy for me to dwell on the bad things that happen, and let good moments pass me by. In an attempt to be more aware of the good things that happen while they’re happening, I keep telling myself “remember this. Remember this. Remember this.” and I take a mental image of everything around…
We always need the reminder. Things get too hectic. I keep wanting to write a new blog post but I haven’t had the time to sit down properly and organize my thoughts. So much has been going on. But I’ll start with the most important thing – my hard drive, the one containing all my…
When I attended Brooke Shaden’s workshop last november, she asked us to write down three things we would like to do or accomplish in 2014. I wrote: 1. Shoot once per month (at least) 2. Get my work exhibited by the end of the year 3. Sell a picture to a publishing house I’ve managed…
I’ve been putting off writing a blog post for the longest time because.. I’m scared. What if I say the wrong things? What if I say too much? Too little? But after GPP2014, I realized I can’t put this off much longer. Not only because I need to write about my experience, but also because…
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