I’m going to be honest with you… For me, looking at bridal blogs does not creatively inspire me as a photographer.

Sure, as a bride, I look at them all day long deciding what table numbers are the coolest or what brides maids dresses are the trendiest.

As a photographer, looking at the same type of setting and similar composition day after day is hardly a source of inspiration.

So what is an artist to do when she is not feeling inspired?

In the winter months I go snowboarding… Yes, creatively and spiritually it is the one place I can clear my mind.  I almost feel peaceful while the wind is freezing my face; plummeting down the mountain, snow swishing back and forth under my board.

What is it about this sport that makes me feel this way?

I believe it’s the freedom of having no rules (and the fact that no one can stop me but a tree that god planted, ouch).  Most people love rules, but me, I hate them. haha. Maybe that’s why I’m so excited to see my life of photography un-fold…

With no rules there are no limits.

Some of the best photographers in the world followed all the rules of photography… but some of the most memorable and awe-inspiring photographers threw the rules right out the window and went with what was in their heart.

Here is to a winter filled with lots of Snowboarding, inspiration and forgetting our limits in 2012!

Let the games begin!