STEPH GOES TO DINAH SHORE (2015)

Once upon a time…

One week before Dinah Shore in Palm Springs, CA I got asked to work with Cosmopolitan to photograph this awesome event. An event I had been hearing about since the good old days of the L Word. I spent 27 years living about an hour and a half from the largest lesbian event in the world and have had several invites over the years, but for one reason or another it just never worked out for me to go. And now, here I was: camera and bathing suit packed and I was ready to take it on full force. Guess what? I was going solo. That changed quickly, the moment I stepped off of the plane at LAX.  

I hop on a 6am flight, having not a minute of sleep. I was stoked to meet a friend from Instagram for the first time ever, she picked me up from the airport where we ran in slow motion into each others arms and then headed to brunch for the best eggs of our lives, before roadtripping to Palm Springs!

FINALLY. We arrive at Dinah Shore and I’m welcomed with smiling faces and huge hugs from even more friends from Instagram. Basically, I spent 5 days with wonderful human beings who I had just met. It couldn’t have been more perfect and I believe that the universe brings people together who need to be together.

Back to the reason I hadn’t gotten any sleep before getting on the plane; I was working on something awesome. I was ready to launch a new brand. I just knew Dinah Shore was a perfect place to launch the Promote Love Movement. I loved passing out Promote Love stickers, connecting with people about it and seeing them on bodies all around the pool! More to come on Promote Love very soon, so stay tuned. You don’t want to miss this! I couldn’t be more excited. www.PromoteLoveMovement.com