Author Archives: Andrea Scher

Superhero Photo tip: Welcome the clouds

Superhero Summer Photo Tip #1 Right before I took the photos above, I shouted urgently to my friend, “Watch Nico! I have to get my camera!” It had been bright and sunny all day – a gorgeous day by every measure – except that it was too bright to take a great photograph. The shadows [...]

Declaration of You Blog Tour: Intention + Giveaway!

This post is in celebration of the brand new book: The Declaration of You! by Michelle Ward and Jessica Swift. I’m so honored to have been interviewed for the book (you can see my chapter by getting + get a preview of the book here). Here are some thoughts about intention, something near and dear [...]

Sean Hayes is really awesome.

You can hear more music from the incredible Sean Hayes here!

Start a Foolish Project- an experiment in aliveness.

As I lay down in yoga recently, a line from a Rumi poem came to me: Start a huge,  foolish project like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference  what people think of you. It felt like a message. Nothing short of divine. I had been feeling around in the dark all year for my next [...]

Adventure at Heart’s Desire Beach in Pt. Reyes

     

How to Be Legendary

Ben was in a talent show at the local toy store last year. When I asked him what he’d like to do, he said he’d like to perform one of his songs. His “songs” at the time were a mashup of jewish folk tunes and heavy metal. The likes of which this world might never [...]

The family band is starting already.

Nico playing guitar from andrea scher on Vimeo.

On my bookshelf

It’s a good sign when you are only 17 pages into a book and you think, this might be my favorite book ever. That’s how I’ve been feeling about Glennon Doyle Melton’s beautiful memoir, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed. It will make you laugh + give you courage all at the same time. [...]

Taking portraits of the beauties in your life*

I love taking head shots. They sound boring if they conjure up images of something you have to take for work, something shot in a cubicle maybe, or those posed school pictures from grade school. But I love intimacy of the head shot. Just me, my subject and the best light I can find. Since [...]

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