STORIES IN LIGHT
Natural light is more than a setting: it’s a storyteller, casting emotion, shaping depth, and revealing life’s true beauty. This page is a space to explore how sun, shadow, and glow breathe life into every frame.
A BONDI TO BRONTE MORNING
I moved to New Zealand in 2016 with my husband, a native Kiwi, chasing something quieter, something slower. I grew up in Dallas, Texas, where the horizon ends usually ends in pavement, and the skies feel wide but not always wild. New Zealand flipped that on its head. Here, nature takes up space. The Pacific isn’t just a postcard view, it’s a backdrop to daily life.
On one of our weekend trips across the ditch to Sydney, we did the Bondi to Bronte coastal walk – about 4km of ocean, cliffs, and golden light. We happened to catch Sculpture by the Sea, an outdoor art installation scattered along the coast. Art perched on rock ledges. Steel and stone against sea foam. Every turn felt like a surprise … like the light was shifting just for us.
My camera couldn’t look away. The way the sun caught the sea spray. The silhouettes of strangers out surfing paused in the glow. The kind of light that does the storytelling for you.
This was one of those days that stayed with me. Peaceful, grounding, quietly magical. I can’t wait to bring my boys back here one day!
POSTCARD FROM GREECE
We were supposed to get married here. Same hotel. Same island. Originally planned for June 2020, but you can probably guess how that went :) Like so many people, we pushed the date, then changed the location entirely. We ended up getting married in Mexico (and it was perfect in its own way). But this little hotel in Mykonos where we had imagined everything down to the dance floor and late night post-party never left our hearts <3.
Three years later, we finally made it back. Not for a wedding this time, but to enjoy the magic of the island. What made it even sweeter? I found out I was pregnant with our second little boy right before we left! It was surreal to walk the place we had planned a whole beginning in. And then to realize it was still the beginning, just a different one.
TUSCANY CHARM
We planned an Italy trip with some of our closest friends. No big agenda, just good company, good food, and a slower pace. For a few days, we stayed at his family’s villa in Tuscany, surrounded by olive trees and soft, dusty light. The kind of place that feels like it’s been waiting for you.
The villa was this beautiful blend of old-world Italian and modern Scandinavian: arched doorways, stone floors, sleek furniture, and sunlight in all the right places. We walked through the olive groves in the late afternoon while he told us stories of his family harvesting olives for their own oil. You could feel the history in the air.
It wasn’t flashy or overly planned, just a really lovely moment. Friends, stories, and a view you wish you could bottle up and bring home.
