"I would rather risk my heart to the possibility of pain, than to never feel love again. To live without love is merely existing. There is no greater pain than that."
I just love sunsets. Especially sunsets over water. I find myself wanting to take pictures of a sunset or stormy skies almost daily. To be totally honest, I do take them with my phone whenever the urge strikes and normally text them all to J. I'm thankful that he doesn't seem to mind, because I have to share my joy with someone! :) The photo above was taken in Fort Walton Beach.
I took this photo of the exterior of an old, abandoned house. I love the textures of the wood and brick together, the colors in the brick, the contrast between the two materials and the dark spaces beyond the wood that give it more dimension.
This is a photograph I took of my best friend and her daughter when she was about three months old. You can feel the outpouring of love from mother to daughter. I tried to capture the essence of their relationship to one another. I think this is one of my favorite pictures of them that I've taken.
I took this photograph in an old house I came across back home. Most of the rooms were empty except for a few abandoned pieces of furniture, like this chair. I was inspired by the way the light filtered in through the window creating this contrast between light and dark, as well as, really defining the texture of the walls, the lines of the chair and the debris littered floor.
My name is Marissa and this is my attempt at documenting our journey of life and love and everything in between.
I am a designer, artist, friend, sister, daughter, future wife to the most amazing guy and a mother of one crazy german shorthair pointer, Addie.
I love art, photography, road trips, dark chocolate, antiques, the beach and spending time with family and the love of my life, Justin.