ALISHA SOMMER
ALISHA SOMMER
Bay Area Freelance Writer & Photographer

workshops & retreats

There's nothing I'm more committed to than providing sacred space for people to explore their creative voice. I love to do this by offering writing workshops where you'll be provided inspiration to start or get back into your art, whatever it may be.

If you're putting together a retreat or gathering and are in need of a presenter to talk about writing, creativity, photography, motherhood, food or wine, please don't hesitate to contact me.

UPCOMING EXPERIENCES:

liberated lines / TBA — An online writing course offering email prompts and live virtual writing circles.

Fever Dreams Collective Gathering / October 2-6, 2019 SOLD OUT — A 4-night creative retreat at the lovely Westerbeke Ranch in California wine country. Part sleep-away camp and part artist residency where we'll play with myth and story, using ourselves and the land to make and create individual and group art.

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photography 

Every photo session begins with an hour-long consultation where we'll narrow in on your vision and clarify the narrative behind you and your brand. As a result, the images we create together are not just another set of pretty pictures but a curated collection of visual stories that communicate the true essence of you and your business. Each photography session also includes a prop allowance and image usage guide. Let's dream up all things related to:

Restaurants, Food & Wine (click here for rates)

Branding & Lifestyle (click here for rates)

In need of something else? Use this form to request a proposal.

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I’ve been listening to literature podcasts and reading lots of books. Fiction and poetry and non-fiction. Everything from love and loss to embodiment to wine and food to how we can remember how to have a conversation with one another. Every ending begging for another beginning. Every line read a thread connecting me to knowledge already felt and known. Oh, how hungry we are for truth. How affirming it is to be given spaces—virtually, in spaces like this or in books or at the corner café—where you can see your own humanness reflected back to you. How beautiful it is to be human. . . . . . . . . #morningslikethese #wherethelightis #thesacrednessoflight #selfportrait #tgif #randomthoughts #coffee #thatsdarling #liveauthentic #writersofig #vsco
A weeknight v-day with kids means champs before heart-shaped pizza. Not complaining. We met in a dark basement in Kansas City on February 9th and have been together every day since. Three states, three kids, making dreams come true. Grateful for all the ways in which we’ve grown together @michaelsommer23.
Beauty hunting.
Wednesdays are short days which means everyone is out by 1pm. This leaves little room to do anything else but brew homemade chai—sweetened with a little bit of local honey and @ripplefoods vanilla pea milk—and read (because wine exam at the end of March) while the rain is falling, trying to rest between work so that I keep this cold at bay. Also deep in gratitude for the ability to rest as needed and this soft light pouring through. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #vsco #wherethelightis #thesacrednessoflight #gratitude #wednesday #womeninwine #foodwinewomen #chai #ripplemilk #thatsdarling #morningslikethese #theartofslowliving
Never underestimate the power of a gift delivered at the very right time. How funny it is that a big brown box can inch the needle of the compass closer to North. Remembering that there is no direct correlation between aptitude and fulfillment. In the cocoon patiently awaiting new wings. Grateful for unexpected intrusions of beauty. (Thank you @b1802milkmaiden.) . . . . . . . . . . . #selfportrait #growth #creativeplay #artistatheart #beauty #thatsdarling #vsco #vscocam #wherethelightis #thesacrednessoflight #letyourdreamsbeyourguide #randomthoughts #gratitude
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Intentional breaks from things are becoming more and more of a habit for me. These little reprieves make way for new insight. I struggle with the scrolling. It literally makes my eyes hurt. At times,this square doesn’t allow enough room to fully communicate thought. I worry about misunderstanding/being misunderstood. It is so 2-dimensional. I get sucked into the comparison game, loosing patience with my own rate of growth. But then I also remember the abundance of community and inspiration. That it is not really the platform that is the problem but who I am or choose to be when I engage or use it. But any who, totally digging this light and this weird world we live in, hoping you have a wonderful morning and have a moment to make something beautiful. . . . . . . . . . . . #vsco #vscocam #wherethelightis #thesacrednessoflight #morningslikethese #coffee #coffeelover #randomthoughts #selfportrait #lighthunter
Reward after a hard day. But I’m ending it well-fed and relieved, grateful for: resources, awareness, bell bottoms, sunshine, cannelloni and a proper tiramisu. . . . . . . . . . #wherethelightis #thesacrednessoflight #gratitudes #thelittlethings #foodandwine #foodwinewomen #redwine #pinotnoir #frenchwine #womeninwine #tgif
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