While home for my friend Amy’s wedding I was able to celebrate my Grammy Olva’s 88th birthday and to have some much needed family time.  Gram, thank you for your constant love and support.  You have been an inspiration and a guiding light on my journey!

My big bro and sister-in-law at the wedding.  Yes, Canons run in the family.

Josh Moon’s birthday camping trip is a yearly event.   It’s a time where my amazing group of friends leave the comfort of Los Angeles and brave it in the woods for one WHOLE weekend away from cell phones and internet.  Yes, that’s right!  This year we navigated away from our traditional Bandido site and explored a new camp ground near Big Bear called Tent Peg at the Crab Flats.  Our days were filled with relaxation and our party-pants nights by the fire were capped off with the sweet sound of the wind whistling and plenty of inter-tent chattering.  Godbye Mr. Wilderness…till we meet again. 

“Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”

– Albert Schweitzer

Last week I boarded a plane to Atlanta to visit my dear friends Jenn and Adam Linke. Little did I know at the time what an amazing adventure lay waiting for me.  My days were filled with business planning with Jenn, setting up a Shoot Q account, shooting a wedding at the Atlanta Aquarium with The Decisive Moment, boat rides and relaxation on Lake Lanier, a super fabulous portrait session with the amazing interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn of TBS’s Movie and a Makeover, a fun family shoot with Dr. Pepper, stinging wasps, two adorable kids and the excitement of one on the way, car rides in the rain, Reggae rowdiness, soaking up the talent of Jenn and Adam Linke as well as the incomparable Mark Adams, tons of tee-hee’s, reconnecting with dear friends and incredible love and generosity.   Thank you, Jenn, Adam, Mark, Rita and Sarah for lighting my flame, I am full of gratitude!