Circa – 2011. ▪️2003 I graduated college (Graphic/Design & Advertising). Took one business class, one photography class (film back then) and several Adobe classes.▪️2003 I got married.▪️2005 I had my first child.▪️2007 I started my photography business. It was A Photo by Ashley, then. No business experience nor digital photography experience. Austin gifted me my […]

Been a minute y’all. 📷 Photography that is. 14 years non-stop as a photographer and then BAM – pandemic has you questioning all kinds of things about your life. I recently listened to a podcast that was discussing reinventing yourself. I would say I fall into that category. Until that episode, I was calling it […]

“Your balance only needs to make sense in your world.” -Amy Porterfield I had a long post started then put my phone down, walked away, forgot to save draft… and well, it cleared. So this quote is a simplified version of what I wanted to say. ☝🏻 If you’re walking into this month, year or […]

I recently released a free download how I became accidentally frugal, in a modern world. I list up to 50 ways I discovered this common sense approach from 2020. In 2019 my word was SIMPLIFY.We did just that! 2020 I didn’t have a word… actually I did — it was the ef one. I said […]

Well, here goes nothing! Blogging again that is! A little different this go ’round. Years ago I blogged my photography. It was the thing to do then. I loved it. I could share the story behind my work and share it with the world. I’ve been featured, published and have won awards during my 14 […]