Where the Heart Is

One of my goals this past year was to photograph more of life at home. While it was hard in between assignments, weddings, traveling, writing papers and just feeling like the day to day had become busier than normal with a full fall semester, this was one of the most personally rewarding projects I've worked on in a while. Looking back I wish I had done this sooner with the other places I've lived so that in the years to come I'll remember what it looked like when my childhood dog raced across the yard at my parents house, or how the light danced across the ceiling in my one (and only) bachelorette pad four years ago. Even my college dorm room is getting foggy while I have virtually no memory what "the white house" I lived in before kindergarten looked like at all, save from snapshots from family albums.Moving forward my hope is that these frames will remind me to be present, enjoy the moment, and every now and then, pick up the camera so that years from now these beautiful memories can be enjoyed again.