Talissa Grindle

My husband and I set off on our 3,200 mile adventure to Seattle. We left our jobs, sold a house, and packed our belongings in order to move and plant a church in Seattle. All within the first 3 months of marriage! In this time our love has grown in understanding, patience, and service. This season of life has been flavored with silliness, fall over laughter, hurts, loss, and a deep sharing of self with the other. I wouldn’t trade any of it! My mind keeps coming back to this simply put phrase: “It is happy to love.” I can’t wait to take the risk God is calling us into with the one I love. There will be so many “firsts” and new transitions into a culture unknown to us. I’m excited to document the journey with my camera. My love for photography began in my early college years when I was a fine arts major.
I took a photography class and began to dabble in photographing close friends and family. At the time other things took center stage but I never forgot my joy of capturing a composition in camera. I later studied to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant and worked three years in the Danville school district. I saw kids who needed my services and was able to communicate that they are seen, they are heard, and they are loved. This is what I want to do through the means of photography: capture people in a moment and assure them that they are seen and valued. I’m excited to see the people I’ll meet through this craft and I hope to use my background in therapy to photograph families or individuals with special needs. I’m so thankful to have a loving and supportive husband who is for me as I pursue this dream and I’m blessed by the support of my BURTco. family.