Not everything at DyLou Studio began on paper.

Some of it began by simply wanting to capture precious moments.

Taking a photograph of something beautiful that might otherwise have passed by unnoticed.

When we finally found our home, after everything we'd been through, it gave both my son and me something we desperately needed:

peace.

I began photographing little pieces of that new life.

The light.

The landscape.

The details around our home.

The moments that made me stop and think, “How blessed am I?”

These photographs became a way of remembering that even through grief, illness, change and uncertainty, there could still be beauty.

They aren't simply photographs of where we live.

They're photographs of what this place means to me.

A new beginning.

A place to breathe.

A place to find inspiration.

A place to hope.

And that's why photography is part of DyLou Studio too.

Because sometimes the most important thing we can do is stop and appreciate the beauty around us.