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Throughout my career, I've worked in many different settings. While I have enjoyed aspects of each, I never quite felt like I fully "fit." Even surrounded by people doing the exact same job, I still felt that I was operating on a slightly different frequency. Like I cared too much about the "wrong" things, asked too many questions that didn't fit the script, or just couldn't quite make myself at home in spaces that everyone else seemed to inhabit comfortably. I could find bel

Poet W. B. Yeats said, "The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." Every day, my camera proves to me that this is true. I first fell in love with photography in high school precisely because I DO believe in magic--holding something in my hand that let me freeze time felt like precisely that. In the many years since then, my camera has helped train my eye to look for magic all around me, wherever I go. And the more I see, the more I r

The sun is finally shining, Rochester! Last month's weather was...less than ideal...but life behind the lens kept things bright over here, despite the rain! Here is a look back at what kept Sweet Home Photography busy in May: I got to start the month hanging out with my friends Chuck and Gloria at Parklands, taking more product photos for Aegeliss. This was one of my very favorite sessions to date, and if you're curious why, read more here! Next up: headshots for Willow! I ca

Do you ever have those moments where you can feel something click into place? The kind of moment that gives you a sense that you're on the right path, doing the thing you should be doing, where you should be? I had one of those moments last week, and I can't share it with you without telling a story first: My husband and I bought our first house 16 years ago, a townhouse in a small neighborhood in North Chili. We didn't realize when we made an offer that we would be the young