I am feeling a touch of the end of the year blues this year.

I think that is because if I had to pick one photo to describe 2013, it would be this one…

I definitely bit off way more than I could chew this year…

But 2013 did not always play nice…No matter how hard I worked…

It seemed like life had some fun new challenge just waiting for me to catch up,

Leaving me just barely treading water.

Rarely did I ever feel like I was leading the family and work dance.

And as a result things suffered…

Such as my social life…

My blog…

And my hard drives, it was a very, very bad year for hard drives… back them up people.

But because I use this time of year to really examine the past year…

To try and measure how much I have grown…

I know it is important for the well-being of 2014 that I dig even deeper…

And filter out the best of 2013 so I can set the bar higher for 2014…

Because despite the technical setbacks and the lack of time… it was an amazing year for photography…

Filled with fun projects…

 (Gloria Ferrer)

(Plant Recipe Book with Lila B)

(The Big Flip)

Interesting people…

And very special moments.

I feel incredibly humbled each and every time people invite me to document their lives…

Their businesses…

Their art…

Their cause…

And their love…I still get butterflies before every photo shoot and I hope I always will.

In 2014… I want more of all of it… except for the technical difficulties… I have had plenty of that for a lifetime.

Now that all this looking back is said and done…

It is time to kick out 2013…

And get started on making 2014 awesome.

Happy, happy, happy new year.