ISABEL JOHANSEN

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““I’m going to make everything around me beautiful, and that will be my life.” -Elsie De Wolfe”

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My favorite ocean shot ever. Tickets are booked to the British Virgin Island in the beginning of March. My husband has been learning to sail this year, and we are going to be sailing from island to island. I can’t wait to take more ocean and beach shots. 🏝
#hawaii #keebeach #hawaiibeach

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. -C.S. Lewis

Today my baby girl turns 21! I know everyone says it, but where did the time go? I love her so much for a million reasons and more and because:

1. Gisele was the one who would always make me breakfast in bed for my birthday, give me cards and flowers on Father’s Day when I was a single mom.

2. She so graciously (and sometimes not so graciously) dealt with her older brother who would get out of bed in the middle of the night when she was using the restroom so he could jump out and scare her😂. 3. She’s an amazing strong woman who has had a lot of trials during her life, including an absent father and anxiety. She has overcome so much, and has become a beautiful, loving person inside and out.

Gisele, I love you so much and I’m proud of the woman you’ve become. I wish you the best this year and years to come!

Merry Christmas! This day is special to me because my son Benjamin was born early Christmas morning. The world seemed so different after he was born. I had so much respect and awe for other women who had become mothers, and for Mary who gave birth to our Savior. Styling by @amberreverie

Who’s ready for Christmas? Florals and styling by @amberreverie for Usana.

I have this thing for the ocean. The color, the movement, the soothing sound of the waves crashing against the shore. So when my husband decided he wanted to take up sailing I was kind of excited about it. I think I sailed once in school in Norway when I was a lot younger, but other than that I hadn’t been, so I was really shocked when the boat tipped over way further than I thought was safe. I leaned to the opposite side as much as I could and almost over the railing! I thought for sure we were going to capsize. Since then, I’ve become used to the way a sailboat heels, and it doesn’t frighten me. As much. Isn’t it like that with life though? We struggle at the smallest difficulties and think we’re done for. But then as we get experience, we learn to lean in and not be afraid... Just some of my random musings as my husband is on the west coast sailing this weekend. .
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Can’t get over this new family and how wonderful this shoot was. @kelizondo28

Another one from this beautiful Rhode Island Wedding.
Many of you have been asking about family mini sessions.
It has been super busy working full time as a photographer for Usana but I’m loving all the variety and opportunities I have there. However I’m looking for a day that will work so stay tuned! .
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I’ve been reading the book Mastery by Robert Greene these past two weeks, and it might be one of my favorite books ever. I’d really like to quote the whole book 😂, but here’s a small excerpt... “The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to it until it becomes dead; they want to flatter themselves that they know the truth. But true Zen never stops, never congeals into such truths. That is why everyone must constantly be pushed to the abyss, starting over and feeling their utter worthlessness as a student. Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on clichés and stay there, until the spirit dies as well. Not even enlightenment is enough. You must continually start over and challenge yourself.”

Forgive me if I post a lot of photos from this beautiful wedding in Newport, Rhode Island. Things have finally slowed down and I have some time. :) .
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