My Story
About Me
I began photographing the natural world as a means to combat stress. As a metastatic breast cancer patient, I require lifelong maintenance treatment. I am enormously fortunate to be able to say that, by and large, I have responded extremely well to my treatments. That said, every now and then I need a course of more intensive therapy, and over the years I have gone through chemotherapy, radiation, 2 brain surgeries, and brain radiation. The stress and fear that all this creates can be overwhelming. Wildlife photography has proven to be a total game-changer for me, and it is now one of the most powerful de-stressing tools that I have.
Photography has completely changed my day-to-day life, and all for the better. Now, rather than focusing on the "what if's, "if only's, and "what could have been's", I spend most of my free time outside with my camera and Addie, my dog, surrounded by beauty, quietly watching all manner of wild beings, from honey bees to falcons. Living in Santa Cruz, CA there is a seemingly endless amount of wildlife to enjoy. When I am watching an owl preen or a coyote hunt, cancer couldn't be further from my mind. I can't overstate what a gift this is.
No matter our circumstances, we all need reminders of the beauty that exists in the world and moments of peace, away from life's stressors. I hope to provide this for others through my photography. We may not all be able to spend our days quietly following a mother duck and her 12 ducklings as they wander through the forest, but I hope that my photographs will give you a sense of the peace and joy that these experiences give me.
Thank you for visiting my little corner of the world, and I hope you enjoy all these wild beauties as much as I do!
All the best,
Rebecca
“Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.”
