"You want to spend a WEEK in Paris sleeping on the couch of someone we 'met' online?!?!" I remember that being my incredulous reaction when I was first introduced to Couchsurfing, an online social network in which, basically, people sleep (for free) on the couches of people they "meet" online. The year was 2007 and
It's that time of year when an annual review is due! I've been doing annual reviews since 2011, but many of these previous versions were image-based, sort of like a checklist of all the things I've photographed throughout the year. While I definitely think there's merit to doing these sort of annual reviews, I didn't
Freelance employment is quickly gaining traction in today's world, but that doesn't mean the route to successful full-time freelancing is any clearer than it was before. The truth is, full-time freelancing contains a ton of seemingly unrelated moving parts, something even I didn't expect when I first set out on my freelancing journey. Today, I
I've been working with Hanna Stables, a family owned and operated tourism business in Belize since 2012, but mainly doing web-based sales and marketing while my other half took care of the web design. However, in two years time, the website he had created was already looking dated and was in need of some modernization.
Cultural faux pas are quite one thing to experience in another country, and a whole other story when they happen in the place you call home. Last night, I had the honor of being the official photographer at a Japanese food event held in downtown Seattle. It was an "Iron Chef" style cooking competition between
Did you know that you can have content go viral on LinkedIn? The business-oriented social networking giant is known for being an excellent place for connecting job seekers with employers, and this year it dips its toes in media by integrating with Pulse and rolling out a brand new publishing platform in 2014 to take its
Since I became self employed two years ago, my biggest challenge has been relaxing and taking breaks. I use almost every hour of every day working on some aspect of my business, and when I'm not working, my mind is constantly racing with ideas and to-do lists. I have no separation between work and pleasure,
As a Seattle resident, I'm lucky to spend a fair amount of time in Canada. But most of my adventures have been contained to British Columbia, the most recent being a foray into Gabriola Island and Nanaimo. Not much French is spoken in BC, and it feels very Pacific Northwest. Not so in Quebec. My road
"What kind of life do you want?" That was the question posed by Oprah Winfrey and her team of handpicked trailblazers during her The Life You Want Weekend at Seattle's KeyArena this past weekend. Since the "Queen of All Media" bid adieu to her daytime talk show in 2011 after a twenty-five year run, Oprah has taken on
Pretty much everyone in the world knows about New York City and all it has to offer. I remember traveling around Europe during my semester abroad and asking all foreigners I met if they had visited the United States. Most who had had visited New York, and if they hadn't visited yet, New York was
