I missed the full moon. My daughter graduated high school. Sleep eludes me.

So many emotions follow me around these days, and it’s no coincidence I’ve thrown myself into photography like jumping off a cliff. In the last month I’ve done ten photos shoots.

I’m not sure I was prepared for all this. I need a faster computer, a camera that handles low light better, and more time. Always more time.

But I’m learning and growing. This is how I step toward my fifties, with camera in hand, watching both my kids crafting adventures for themselves, discovering career paths, and falling in love. I watch them and remember both being their age, and nursing them.

My daughter walked across the stage on Thursday, moved the tassel to the other side, and I couldn’t be more proud of her. She’s talented, beautiful, funny, and incredibly loving. Whatever she does, I’ll be here to watch and cheer her on. I’ll probably also take photos of it!

So, here are some photos I took instead of the moon, and just a few shots of my daughter’s senior session we did last month. Isn’t she incredible?

Have a wonderful week!

• These were taken with my Olympus E-M1 MarkII, using a 14-150mm lens and edited with Lightroom Classic.