All photographs taken from The Broken Light Collective. Used with permission.
“My tears stopped, my breathing slowed, and I became more regulated and present,” Danielle recalled. “That was a profound moment for me.”
At that moment Danielle says she began to realize the therapeutic power photography had to help regulate her mood. “It is a means of expressing my inner self, and my various thoughts, feelings and emotions, and it also gets me out of my head and into the present moment,” she explained.
“When I am mindfully photographing, it’s just me, the lens, and the infinite potential subjects before me,” she said. “I use photography as a tool that I can pull out during difficult times, no matter where I am.” Read on for the full story and more images.