slow down fast fashion.

last year we hosted the first charitable thrift store with my sister and couple of friends that joined in to help and make it possible. all the wonderful people that came and supported the event were so excited about it that they kept asking us to do it again. so a year later we found ourselves in the swing of things - piles of clothes from our closets and other people, crafting supplies, baking, and somehow we made it happen. 

thirty years.

back in summer I finally took pictures of the two people who rarely ever let me get them infront of my camera. it was their 30th anniversary, and we were at our family's cabin. there's not a place that could be connected to their lives and marriage more. so with all those reasons, I finally convinced them to let me capture the relationship that has shaped my life more than anything. it was a very special moment for me and so sweet. it was all I want my photoshoots to be. we went for a walk in the woods and meadows, we talked and we laughed, and in between those moments I snapped pictures. these photographs are some of the most valuable ones I ever captured. <3

Banjo & Martina

I finally got to edit these back from fall when I made my sister and her boyfriend come outside with me and join me in my photo ideas and test my camera. the best part about this is that there's no pressure to do the best job possible, to have a certain outcome, there is just freedom to create and try things that might not work out, and ask the people I'm taking pictures of to do things that might sound weird to anyone else. like, run in the middle of the road, tell me if there's a car coming, lay down on the ground. and sometimes that's how some of my favorite photographs are made. <3 in those moments of freedom and spontaneity.