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Hello, I'm Danielle. Let's take one more loop.

After 11 years as a wedding photographer, I've retired from weddings and I'm in a slower season of hiking with the doggos, raw food prep, and writing. Come read my newsletter, meet the pack, or say hello.

Mountain dweller Helicopter dog mom Raw food chef Colorful coat enthusiast
Danielle smiling in a cream hat and tan patterned coat, sitting in golden aspens with Ransom, her older dog with a white face, curled up beside her in a striped bandana
Golden aspens and evergreens glowing under a pink and orange mountain sunset
Danielle smiling in a cream hat and tan patterned coat, sitting in golden aspens with Reef standing beside her in a woven bandana
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Dogs, mountains, and big feelings

This is where I write about my dogs, what goes in their bowls, the big feelings that come with being a sensitive human, and the little things worth being grateful for.

“Wanna do one more loop?” is our favorite sentence. My husband and I say it at the dog park, at home, and on every trail, usually right when we could head back and just don't want to. Time outside with each other and the boys is my favorite place to be, and I'm never quite ready for it to end. My best ideas show up out there too, so it became the name of my letters, and this little corner of the internet is where I keep it all.

Fresh from the trail

One More Loop

Letters about big changes, big feelings, and whatever I figure out between dog walks. I write them when the trail shakes something loose, and Reef and Ransom get the first read, mostly because they won't leave me alone until I'm done.

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Reef, a red Vizsla in a plaid bandana, sitting tall in the grass with golden aspens behind

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A little backstory

I spent 11 years as a wedding photographer, and along the way I did a lot of brand photography and coached other wedding photographers too. I built Indy Pop from the ground up, spent more Saturdays at receptions than I can count, and met some of the kindest, most big-hearted people along the way. I'm retired from all of that now, and I'm letting go of old versions of myself, one loop at a time. I also have a gloriously boring work-from-home job that keeps the lights on while I figure out this transition, and the rest of my days belong to hiking with the doggos, raw food prep, and writing.

My whole heart, out for one more loop.

Danielle, her husband, and their two dogs in a grove of golden aspens, all in bold fall colors

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One More Loop

My letters from the trail. Come for the dogs, stay for the feelings, and hit reply if something lands.

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A peek at mountain life, the boys, and the trails we wander. I'm being more intentional with social media now, so I can be fully here for the walks, the dinners, and the dogs before anything gets shared.

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Got a dog story, a trail recommendation, or a big feeling you want to talk about? My inbox is open and I love a good reply.

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Meet the pack

Reef, Ransom, and Ruckus

Two dogs side by side in the grass, one in a plaid bandana and one in a maroon bandana
An older dog with a sweet gray muzzle lying in the grass in a blue bandana
Two dogs sitting side by side in matching blue bandanas
Ruckus the vizsla wearing a gold royal crown, nose dipped in green frosting from a bone-shaped cake
Danielle sitting cross-legged in front of a wooden door with Ruckus leaning in against her
Ruckus trotting through sunny grass in a blue collar

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Want to talk dogs, trails, or a big feeling? Send me a note and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.