ALI!!! Her name makes me smile and want to shout because this crazy girl has a laugh and sense of humor that is contagious and makes your day–every time! I know that many of you miss “Thursdays with Ali” on the SOAR! blog. Her writing had us in tears and laughter every week. Can you [...]
Charisse…where do I start with Charisse? So many memories come to mind. The first time I saw Charisse’s beautiful smile was when she applied for the SOAR! Scholarship in 2009. She did not win that year, but she didn’t give up. Months later, she attended our San Fransisco CONFIDENCE Workshop. I still remember her raising [...]
This week is a special week for our community. Together, we get to celebrate and launch our SOAR! Recipients to SOAR! The SOAR! Scholarship is a program that Brian and I founded over two years ago. With the generous help of SOAR! Partners like SONY, Adobe, The Wisdom Connection, Fastline Media, Smug Mug, Shoot Dot [...]
Watching The Nate Berkus Show last week and seeing how photography brought healing to a family with Special Needs, reminded me of how important it is to keep empowering women to build their photography dreams so that this kind of transformation only multiplies. We have reached for this with our SOAR! Scholarship Program the last [...]
Meet Fabulous Photographer and Amazing Mom Wendy Zippwald from Oahu, Hawaii! (Above image by Brenda Van Valkenburg of Brenda Van Photos) This is our last Amazing Mom interview for 2011, and it is a complete honor to have it be Wendy Zippwald!! Some of you know Wendy as an amazing photographer, but she is many, [...]
Today is going to be special for us. I’m not sure how, but I’m going to look for it in small things–while being open to big things too. I mean, it’s 11-11-11 today! The date alone is pretty crazy and fun! Right?! We are getting things prepped for our Dallas CONFIDENCE Workshop this weekend with [...]
Meet Gretchen McFarland…a wonderful boudoir photographer and an AMAZING MOM! I was so excited to interview Gretchen McFarland, a Boudoir Photographer from North Carolina. She attended a CONFIDENCE Workshop last November and look where her business is now! She took the leap and never looked back. Yay Gretchen! We will be ”talking” with Gretchen in the SOARority forum tomorrow night, [...]
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Meet Melissa Jordan…A Fantastic Photographer and AMAZING Mom! As I was searching for our September Ask and Learn Photographer, I came across this brave and raw video. The Amazing Melissa Jordan of Melissa Jordan Photography, (Warsaw, Indiana) had just woken up to find that three other wonderful women had been chosen for the scholarship she [...]
Meet Keri Doolittle…An AMAZING Photographer and Mom! Keri Doolittle is a Wedding and Senior Portrait Photographer based in Denver, Colorado. She is a SONY gal and has mentored one of our very own “SOAR! Sistas”. She does fantastic work and has an unforgettable “Brand” to her business. Check out her website! We are so excited [...]
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He was sitting next to me. The plane was headed to San Diego. It was the middle of December, and I felt so exhausted I chose not to introduce myself—just close my eyes and rest. And then the storm came. It was the worst storm that month for San Diego. [...]
Early Bird Special Begins! Announcing Spring CONFIDENCE!I’ve got to start with yesterday’s message; Best. Weekend. Ever. Loved everything about the Confidence workshop in Tampa this weekend! Anyone on the fence about attending this workshop for any reason? I’m here to tell you that you CANNOT afford to MISS OUT! -Jennifer from this last weekend’s Florida Workshop [...]
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