Happy Earth Day! Today is traditionally a day where we all take a little extra time to give Mother Earth some TLC. And I know she appreciates it. Kind of like a Mother’s Day just for her! But why can’t we make more of an effort everyday? Being environmentally conscious in my business practices is a major goal of mine in 2013. To create sustainability for our planet as well as the industry, we’re seeing some amazing shifts. I thought I’d take a minute to share some of my personal changes for Powell Woulfe Photography.

1. If you saw the video last week, you now know that Powell Woulfe Photography and Swoon Seniors proudly offers PASS to all clients. PASS is an amazing way to stay green by eliminating DVDs! It’s beautiful, it’s easy, and it saves resources. What’s not to like about that?
2. We’re also going as paperless as possible! For the last few years, I have used an unbelievable tool called Pixifi to assist in my tracking, billing and contracts. Well, I’m happy to announce that from here on out, I’ll be exclusively using electronic documents for agreements, contracts, invoicing and much more. It’s one little way to help our forests, and is much easier to track!
3. Internally, I’m using less paper, too! I’ve always been the kind of gal who needs to plan on paper. Now, we recycle all of our office waste, and whenever possible, I use tools such as Evernote to track projects and ideas!
4. I’m also working on reducing my carbon footprint by driving less. Being a large area, with lots to offer, it’s easy to spend a lot of time in the car traveling from one point to another. I’m working to condense trips as much as possible, and even carpool with my clients!

So anyway, those are a few things I am working on – how about you? Originally, I had a VERY long blog post written about Earth Day. But I parsed it back so that I could share some peeks in this post, because it wouldn’t be a blog post, OR a Military Monday without these….here are some peeks at tonight’s very special homecoming! I was so honored to be able to capture these moments. Every homecoming holds a place in my heart, and I remember each one. Welcome back this hero, and leave some love for them in a comment!