![]() ![]() And one of my favorite parts is being able to photograph the entire event. There’s nothing like rooting on the home team along with good drinks, tasty snacks, and being in a crowd of hundreds cheering on your favorite team. So from that point on, I told myself that I would try my best to go out at least once a week to shoot.Īttending a professional sports game is thrilling. I’m grateful for this outing because it made me realize that it is still possible to go out to shoot, even with a baby. It was a clear sky but it still brought all kinds of drama with the sky column and fog. As soon as I read it, I knew I had to go. A group of people was getting together for one last sunrise with him. Then one day I got a message that my friend, Andy was leaving DC. I hadn’t picked up the camera in weeks and I missed being able to wander without having to worry about anything else. The emotions after labor are nuts!Īfter a while, I started to feel like I was losing myself. My life turned into doomsday scrolling on google at 3 am all while looking at pictures of him on my phone missing him and crying about how much I loved him. Whether it’s questioning if he’s getting enough to eat, if he’s sleeping enough, or even if he’s sleeping too much? I was not prepared for how much I’d love this little boy but how much I’d worry about him all at the same time. For the first two months, every week seemed like it brought a new challenge or something I was not aware of. Everything in my life changed immediately and my priorities shifted massively. In general, motherhood has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. How am I responsible for this little baby? ![]() Bringing him home was the happiest but also one of the scariest days of my life. Little baby Tony spent 3 weeks in the NICU but we’re all doing great now. What started out as a regular visit to my doctors, ended up being a 10-day stay in the hospital and delivering at 33 weeks and 1 day. To sum things up, I had my baby almost 2 months premature. My world got rocked at the end of August and just now finding the time to sit down and be thoughtful of my life in the past few months. Sorry about that and I hope it’s never this long again. So to introduce my genesis collection, I thought I’d write a little backstory to each of these images: It reminds me of a time when I had less worry and could concentrate on making something just for me. And looking at them as a whole makes me emotional, especially since becoming a new mom. Each one has a back story that brings back so many memories of patience and persistence. I’m excited to mint these pieces of art that mean so much to me. That things don’t always have to be rushed. It reminds me that it is ok to just sit down and be present to what is going on around the world. Not intentionally but it was just the way that I saw a beautiful sunrise, flashes of lightning, or reflections in a piece of glass. I realized purple was such a common theme in my work. When it came time to sit down to really look at my body of work, there are a few that stood out as favorites. But it’s something I have an interest in and wanted to learn more about so what better way than to dive in. The whole metaverse is new and intimidating. Obviously, I love photographing the typical scenes: cherry blossoms with the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and just the flowers themselves. I have been photographing the cherry blossoms for almost 10 years now and each year is still very exciting. The silver lining to clouds meant that when the sun would peek through them, it created this beautiful glow on the flowers. It felt like all the days that I went out to photograph were very cloudy. The weather in March was all over the place with nice warm days and cold snowy days so it was nice to see the flowers finally bloom. This year’s cherry blossom season has come and gone and it felt like it went by in a blink of an eye. There are fewer people and more available parking □ I try to go as much as I can and early morning is always the best bet. Living in the Washington DC area, the arrival of cherry blossom season means the beginning of spring, warmer weather, and one of my favorite times of year to go out to create images.
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