Nice to meet you.

January 23, 2012

I have decided to join the growing community of online bloggers.  This will be a place to share my photos with the World, in a literal way and make an account of the little moments that shape how we experience this life. Moments that are often forgotten and sometimes so fleeting that they don't make their way into our long term memory store of conscious awareness.

A little about myself... I grew up in the big oil and gas city of Calgary Alberta, and was raised evenings and weekends on the back of a horse.  I love anything related to human brains - neuroscience, pharmacology, language, consciousness (although would never admit that to my 4th yr. Psych prof), cognition, mental imagery, mental health, trauma - and most importantly, how this translates into affective behavior and alters our perception of the world around us.

 My day job consists of talking and working with oil and gas professionals world wide, my favorite being South Americans, although I don't know more than three words of Spanish. They have to be the kindest humans I have ever had the pleasure to "meet" whether it be phone, email or face to face. North Americans could learn a lot from their humble neighbors.  I enjoy  laughing, reading, learning, riding, travelling, and sleeping.

I have 3 horses, a one eyed dog and a live in boyfriend who I am currently "co-habitating" with.  Currently riding my horse Molly who I have raised and trained myself. She's a spitfire full of curiosity and attitude, like many women I know.  I have big plans for her and know she has the heart to take me there.  Initially she was to be my trick riding horse but due to injury I am unable to pursue that dream. Still waiting for the next door to open for us since that one was so brutally shut!  Time will tell.

Photography is my passion. I have taken photos since I can remember. The first digital camera we owned as a family had one of those ancient floppy disks to save the photos to.  I love taking photos that tell a story or emote an emotion.  I have a delightfully confusing style of urban meets rural lifestyle and I have recently decided to pursue this further and see where it takes me.  Life is funny that way. Whenever you try to make a plan the road is always winding, rocky or diverging in changing directions, and I am along for the ride!

I am Amber. Nice to meet you.