My Hawaii blog post is live (link in bio)! 🌈🌺 I am pretty much always conniving how I can move to Hawaii (my favorite island is the Big Island, what about you?) but until I figure that one out, I’m loving these @fairmontstore products from @fairmonthotels to keep the vacation going at home 💃🏼 #FairmontStore #FairmontMoments
Nick & I are so proud to appear in @westfaliamovie, the brain child behind our dear friend, the talented @haleyfinnegan. Pretty sure nothing is more fun than acting in a movie with all your friends as the cast and crew. SO PROUD that Westfalia will be appearing in @mammothfilmfestival next month! Can’t wait to see what comes out of this 😍 ⠀ This movie challenges the notion behind life as an “influencer” and doing things for the gram, versus just sitting back and enjoying life without always needing to document. A very important topic as our phones can all too easily become little idols. I became an “influencer” a long time ago before that word was as commonplace as it is today, but nowadays, people resort to all sorts of tricks in search of instafame including fake sponsorships, bots, and creating a life FOR social media. I played myself in this short film and enjoyed poking fun at myself — I kept telling Haley over and over that this world she was satirizing is ALL TOO REAL. I have been around it, I’ve seen it! ⠀ Newsflash: your favorite influencer is a normal human with normal problems. And they took 193,737 photos before they posted the perfect one you just double tapped. 📷: @rylander_west #westfaliamovie
❄️ Snow Bunny ❄️
Proud of the life we’re building together, babe. The best is yet to come.
Mountain is my favorite color 🏔 ⠀ Spent the first day of 2019 sick unfortunately 😭 I feel like this happens to me every year! Thankfully the extra down time has allowed for plenty of goal mapping and planning with Nick. This is gonna be a helluva year. Can’t wait to share some exciting projects in the works! What did you do for New Years? 🥂
✌🏼out 2018! 📷: @missruthanne
My goal list for 2019 is just about as long as this jacket, but it can be pretty much summed into this: Travel. Try new things. Stay grounded. What about you?!
Time to wax those skis — who wants to win a luxury ski vacation for 2 in Banff next month?! Come join me for #InstaMeetSkiBig3 with @skibig3 Jan 16-20 — follow link in bio for more info, and enter for your chance to win! #SkiBig3 #Banff
Norman Rockwell vibes ❄️ Merry Christmas, friends! 🎄
Not too many people love Tahoe more than my friend Jeb. Fun shoot with @kaenon a few months back 🤙🏼
#12daysoftravel Day 4: I’ve been visiting the @montereybayaquarium all my life, but this year was the first I visited with a camera in hand... accompanied by my @sonyalpha family at Kando 2.0, no less. I am really proud of how I’ve grown as a photographer this year (if you’re a bit of a self deprecating perfectionist artist like myself you get how huge a statement this is to make). Can’t wait to see how I’m stretched creatively in 2019! One thing’s for sure: I’ll be bringing my camera. #bealpha #alphacollective #sonyalpha ⠀ a7riii | 24-70 GM | f5.6 | 1/140 sec | ISO 4000
#12daysoftravel Day 3: My favorite place to roam is right in my backyard: the largest alpine lake in North America, AKA our playground. When was the last time you visited Tahoe?
#12daysoftravel Day 2: It just doesn’t get much better than scenic drives in the northern Rockies. While spending a few days in Banff this past September, @laura_elizabeth, @missruthanne and I spontaneously decided to drive to Jasper National Park which resulted in approximately 7 extra hours in the car that day... worth it? Obvi.
✨✈️ ANNOUNCING 12 DAYS OF TRAVEL! ✈️✨ ⠀ It’s astonishing to me how much God continually opens up doors and blesses my life. I am insanely grateful for each and every opportunity that comes my way. When I found out I was losing my vision almost a decade ago I thought it was the end of my life, and wondered what I could feasibly still do as a visually impaired creative. Joke’s on me... my world was literally about to explode with enough experiences and memories to last a lifetime. I fell in love with travel so much I even named my business after it (@geographycreative). Thank you for following my adventures here on Instagram over the years (a special shoutout to those who have been here from the #iphoneonly days of #stuffonconcrete)! I have a feeling the best is yet to come. ⠀ I’m going to be taking the next 12 days, from today through Christmas, to share some of my favorite travel memories from 2018... moments I haven’t shared here before. To start: this beautiful moody sunrise in Iceland with these babes. I had always wanted to go to Iceland and finally decided to just book a ticket and go... and take my favorite ladies with me. It was as crazy and wonderful of a trip as you might imagine (yes, I know I still owe you guys a blog post from this trip... I promise it’s coming)! ⠀ Let me know if there’s something specific you want to see in the next couple days. Happy Holidays, explorers! 🌎♥️ #12daysoftravel
The Aloha spirit of Hawaii is addicting — now that I’m home, I want to carry this with me every day. Thankfully I have photos like this one at @fairmontkealani to look back on to get re-inspired (yes, this sunset dinner on the beach was as stunning as you might imagine). I am truly grateful for the ohana we formed on this trip — there’s no one else I would have rather experienced seeing baby humpback whales, baby goats, and a baby Hawaiian monk seal with. Mahalo to @fairmontkealani + @fairmontorchid for an unforgettable week in paradise! 🌈 #AlwaysKealani #FairmontMoments
Exploring hidden waterfalls off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island — did you know that the island of Hawai’i has 11 of the world’s 13 climate zones? It might be my favorite of all the Hawaiian islands ✨ Huge thank you to @fairmontorchid for being our home base while we explored waterfalls, volcanos and black sand beaches all over the island! #FairmontOrchid #FairmontMoments