Love Will See You Through | Anastasia & Elliott
A few weeks ago, after what felt like the longest year, I packed my camera bag and headed to Sioux Falls. I had the honor of photographing my cousin’s wedding day. What a joy.
The venue was gorgeous and the weather was perfect but nothing compared to seeing these families and friends come together. You can imagine the laughter and tears. I get goosebumps thinking about it.
As I lifted my camera to my face at the start of the day, my nerves dropped. I got to shoot alongside my dad and in the end we came out with a pretty gorgeous album. I’m so excited to give you a sneak peek.
Can you feel the love? Simply beautiful.
Thank you Anastasia and Elliott! Wishing you an abundance of blessings forever and always!
XO - Elyse’
What do you see? | Aspen, CO
Aspen, Colorado.
A place that holds so much of my history.
I’ve dreamt of taking this trip for as long as I can remember and this month, after a very long year, it happened.
You might not know this, but I was born in Aspen. The summer of ‘87.
Two years before I joined the world my parents met at Wagner park.
My dad’s originally from northern Minnesota and my mom’s from upstate New York. They both found themselves in Aspen in the late 80s for work.
Not even a year after meeting, they wed at Aspen Community Church.
It felt nostalgic walking the streets 30 years later. Getting to see in person what I’ve only seen in photos made this trip feel so special.
We also got to catch up with my uncle Chuck who moved to Aspen right around the same time I was born. He was so good to us — and with his local knowledge had us out for some good sightseeing and delicious food.
In the short time we were there, even during off season, we really got a feel for Aspen. The crisp mountain air was everything I hoped it’d be and we’re already talking about getting back!
"Hot Meals, Biology" from What Kind of Woman, Kate Baer
I was walking through Target with two rambunctious boys, mind running a million miles a minute, “almond milk, diapers size 5, tortillas…” when I glanced over at the bookshelf. In big bold letters I saw WHAT KIND OF WOMAN, KATE BAER.
Poetry.
I put that book in my cart so fast.
When I got home, we got through dinner and bedtime. I cozied up on the corner of my couch and let the pages dance through my fingers.
This poem caught my attention and I wanted to share it with you.*
Hot Meals, Biology
My husband does not like poetry. The
soft, ambling words with no beginning
or strong, reliable end. Instead he likes
more certain things: hot meals, biology,
the feel of the putting green.
What he doesn’t know is how much the
touch of his baby’s skin or the way his
mother forms his favorite pie, thinking
about the morning he was born, is all a
verse. A covert melody.
*This work was published with permission from the author, Kate Baer
2020 in 36 Photos / H O M E
Blink. Another 365 days have passed. What a freaking year.
It’s wild to look back (2018, 2019) and see how much things have changed, how different things have been and the memories. I cherish this.
I’m learning with this project that challenge and joy will be weaved in every month and every year for as long as I’m lucky enough to walk this earth.
2020 hasn’t been any different. The longest year at times and yet here we are, the end of December. I’m looking toward 2021 with stars in my eyes, hoping that it’s filled to the brim with family.
As we’ve known all along, it’s what’s most important.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Inhale. Exhale.
Bring on 2021. We’re ready!
BAD APPLES - Analog Collage Collection
Society puts a lot of pressure on women to be a certain way. In ‘Bad Apples,’ the analog collage series, I work to shatter the negativity associated with choosing a different path. Using paper, old book pages and glue — I create art that proudly tells a different story.
This collection reminds us that there’s beauty in who you are, no matter what you’re told to be.
It represents freedom, femininity, equality and yes, a bit of magic.
On the Road & In Flight are a part of the first collage show with PxP Contemporary. You can purchase either of those straight from their website. The remaining 11 pieces are for sale right on my website. You can shop both by clicking on the buttons below.
Thank you so so much for being here and checking out my work. I appreciate you!
On the Road, Original Collage
8x10, 2020
Available for purchase on PxP Contemporary
In Flight, Original Collage
8x10, 2020
Available for purchase on PxP Contemporary
Believe It, Original Collage
6x6, 2020
Electric, Original Collage
6x6, 2020
Skin, Original Collage
8x10, 2020
Out, Original Collage
6x6, 2020
Pieces, Original Collage
6x6, 2020
Feel It, Original Collage
6x6, 2020
Held, Original Collage
8x10, 2020
Storm, Original Collage
6x9, 2020
Solitude, Original Collage
6x9, 2020
No, Thank You, Original Collage
5x7, 2020
Taller, Original Collage
5x7, 2020
The Other Kingdoms | Mary Oliver, Devotions
I recently received Mary Oliver’s book, Devotions. I keep it next to my bed and each night read a handful of poems. I swear they were written for me. To stir and then settle my thoughts.
Mary Oliver has an incredible way with words. Each new page is vibrating with magic, the type of magic that goes a few extra layers deep. You feel it. Do you have a Mary Oliver favorite?
The Other Kingdoms, Mary Oliver, Devotions
Consider the other kingdoms. The
trees, for example, with their mellow-sounding
titles: oak, aspen, willow.
Or the snow, for which the peoples of the north
have dozens of words to describe its
different arrivals. Or the creatures, with their
thick fur, their shy and wordless gaze. Their
infallible sense of what their lives
are meant to be. Thus the world
grows rich, grows wild, and you too,
grow rich, grow sweetly wild, as you too
were born to be.
Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 2020
WHEN YOU LOOK, WHAT DO YOU SEE? | Seeking in Palm Springs, CA
Color, texture, shape, feeling — through my lens in Palm Springs, CA.
Seeking inspired by photographer Jessica Backhaus in WONDER.
