I live about an hour north of Seattle, WA.
In a little town situated right between Mount Baker and North Cascades. – Got pretty lucky to grow up here.
I started taking photos basically my sophomore year of high school but got more serious about it senior year. Read more about it in my story!
Lost in a Dream was created in December of 2017, but basically January of 2018 was when my first site was up and running. It’s crazy to think I’ve had a little corner of the world for three years now.
Canon 6D with a 24-70mm f2.8 lens, 40mm f2.8 lens and a 24-105mm f4.0 lens – I also shoot film occasionally with old cameras that my grandpa gave me so those vary!
I don’t feel like it’s fair to answer just ONE place.. Simply because I have a different love for each spot I’ve ever been. Every moment is different, every feeling is deeper usually, a lot of different thoughts too. I loved Paris because it was the ultimate bucket list check off for Cierra and I, we had French class in high school together for 3 years. Thailand was special because I planned on going for so long. Iceland was a trip through a freaking wonderland, it was magical. Ireland was the place I never knew I needed to go. And being home here in the states just feels right.. No matter what desert, mountain, forest or beach I’m on. It’s always different, always special. I couldn’t answer even if my life depended on it.. I’d be too busy pulling old memories off the dusty shelves of past adventures.
I have a Canon camera which has a super helpful app on my phone I can connect to and then I use a tripod! If interested more I’d love to make a blog post more in depth about this
I’ve always worked full time since I was 16.. From my first job at Panera to juggling multiple jobs at once, being at one job for two years and becoming a manager and then my last job at a coffee stand that I currently just left.. So I’ve always worked full time with overtime as well. I just stacked up my savings basically always knowing in the back of my mind it’d be use to travel. I also have never been the type to spend a lot of money on unnecessary things. Most of my money is spent on bills, gas and food and then all of my travels that I try to budget on as much as possible.
I do talk about this more over in My Story. But long story short, I started sharing photos on Instagram and also was treating it as my journal. I wanted another place to write that felt more like mine so I created Lost in a Dream. Not only for myself but for you guys too, it’s so humbling to have people that can resonate to my feelings or share the same passions as me. Ever since I bought my domain, I never looked back. It’s been an endless love affair with writing/story telling, taking photos and sharing them all with you.
Yes I do a lot of hikes and roadtrips solo! I want to start sharing more tips and guides on how to get started with this (feeling more confident and leaving the fear behind), the best gear to take with to feel safe and so on. If you have any questions in particular hit me with an email below! Also I won’t lie and say it never gets lonely because it does sometimes.. But the difference between the first trip I did by myself to now is that I know how to sit with the loneliness more. I know how to turn it into feeling like an independent bad ass!
NO! I honestly always hated school. I was someone that did the bare minimum when it came to high school. My senior year I legit had 4 classes, 2 of which were a Teacher’s Assistant so I always just left to go hiking before work. I fell in love with nature my freshmen year of HS and always had an itch to be in the mountains. I planned to go to Thailand to teach abroad after I graduated on a TEFL certificate I got online. But things fell through with a money shortage, so I put it off. I’m really hoping to do that come 2020 though or get a working visa abroad.
Have more questions for me? Hit me with an email and I’ll try to get back to you!