A Heart More Focused

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Hi! I’m Erika.  I’m a Denver Area Documentary Photographer.

Motherhood has given me a passion for life and noticing all the tiny details.

What I didn’t realize until I picked up my first DSLR was how much I’d prefer the authentic, emotive moments over the posed portraits. The day to day action shots of my kids in their freedom to love and explore, without any of the pressure to perform.

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I’ve always been an observer, a dreamer, and an artist, but photography didn’t become my primary focus until after I had kids. My three little crazies keep me inspired and on my toes. Like every family, not all our moments are happy. That’s why it’s so important to me to take the time to be present and make as many fun memories as possible before they’re all grown up.  And document a little bit of everything.

These are pictures from our last family vacation.  Vacation is when our life feels the most simple and free and I’m trying to bring more of that simplicity and joy into our day-to-day life.

I hope you find refreshment and validation, or even just comic relief in the authentic pieces of our life I share here.

With love,

Erika

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About me

Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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