In editing these images, I realized that I was enthralled with the beautiful, sunny skies we had every single day we spent in Budapest.

I love the textures and shapes of the clouds in these shots – I could spend hours looking at each shot and making out different objects in the clouds….did you ever do that as a kid?

Alas, here are some more Budapest images – enjoy and feel free to leave a comment and tell me if you see any shapes in these clouds!

This particular series is of some of the more abstract images I created while in my mother and my Meme’s birthplace this past July.

Here are some of those images, starting with the report’s cover shot.

You see, this is no regular street soccer tournament. Instead, the 23 teams – from 19 states in the US + 1 team from Russia – are made up of homeless men and women. With the help of some amazing, terrific mentors, each team member sets 3, 6, 9 and 12-month personal and financial goals for themselves, with the goal of being employed and off the streets, while also being accountable as a member for a soccer team.

It was an honor for me to capture the passion, the team energy, the respect, the pain of losing and the glory of winning, the details, the coaches, the fans – everything that made this event a success for all of the Street Soccer USA teams.

This is my photo essay of the event.

Attendees were encouraged to make banners to support each of the teams.

Teams had a series of warm-up stretches and rituals before they hit the field.

Let the games begin!

GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

Happy fans. Thankful fans.

Thank you Lawrence and the team at Help USA – I truly, truly enjoyed capturing the tournament!!!

It has a very interesting and ironic history…..read on – source: Wikipedia

In 1964, Walter Ulbricht, leader of the Socialist Unity Party which governed East Germany, decided to allow the construction of a television tower on Alexanderplatz, modelled on the Fernsehturm Stuttgart. IT was intended as a show of the GDR’s strength, while its location is thought to have been deliberately chosen so that it would impose on views of West Berlin’s Reichstag building (when viewed from the front).

And this, in my opinion, is the best part – The Pope’s Revenge.

When the sun shines on the Fernsehturm’s tiled stainless steel dome, the reflection usually appears in the form of a crucifix. This effect was neither predicted nor desired by the planners. As a jibe against the atheist foundations of the Communist government, and the ongoing suppression of church institutions in East Germany, Berliners immediately named the luminous cross Rache des Papstes, or “Pope’s Revenge”.

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I was in complete and utter shock at the amazing weather we had while in Europe. Each day, we had a beautiful sun and skies filled with variations of clouds, from whispy formations to puffy, full-on clouds.

To me, the most amazing thing about these photos and the weather we had were the intense tones of blue that the sky had at different times of the day.

Some of the photos in this blog post can be purchased as 16×20 limited-edition fine-art prints HERE.

Needless to say, it was an emotionally charged trip and a visually stunning one at that.

Over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of images from this trip; from portraits of folks in different countries to some of my favorite abstract and personal images from our journey. I hope you come back often and check them out.

In case you envision one of these images hanging in your home or place of business, you’re in luck!

The images below (and many more to come!) are now available as limited edition fine art prints HERE

And now, here are a few images from Berlin, beautiful Berlin!

Potsdamer Platz

The Berlin Wall

If you haven’t, then let me tell you I’m a big fan of PSFK and you should be too.

PSFK founder Piers Fawkes recently asked if I could create some abstract imagery for their Future of Retail report. I received descriptions of the 10 future retail trends and it was completely up to me to find and create images to describe ideas like “world as a retail experience” and “every store as a flag ship.”

This is the kind of photography work I sink my teeth into; abstract and open to interpretation by you, the viewer.

You can request your free copy of the Future of Retail Report here and below are some of the images I created for this report.

This is one image I recently created with water. I see two people dancing, embracing, loving each other tenderly.

I see love…….what do you see?

EVIDENCE:

That is, until now. I had to recently submit an image to an upcoming conference, so I decided to create a new image by painting with light. Well, even though I didn’t submit anything from my light painting series, this image has become one of my favorite self-portraits for many reasons, a big one is that it includes my husband Juan.

The word “journey” seems so very fitting to this new chapter in our lives. We are on a journey that began with a leap of faith (with Juan quitting his job in September, moving from North Carolina to NYC to pursue work and finding work in November, then moving me & our belongings up to NYC in November), and with the passing of each day, we are meeting some incredible people, we’re experiencing new adventures and living and loving each minute of this new, be it insane, life in the Big Apple.

I love our journey.