Denise Vasquez Photography

Photography by Denise Vasquez ©2021 Many people might not realize the #health #benefits of being #outdoors, but from personal experience, I can certainly say that #being outdoors in #nature is #healing. Over the last three years, I’ve noticed whenever I spent time outdoors in nature, it #uplifted my #spirits, my #mood was better, and I #slept better. Going from getting #injured and feeling trapped with the #injury, #immobility, #CRPS, #stress, #anxiety, #sleep disorder, const

Photography by Denise Vasquez There is something #sacred, #tribal and #safe about feeling #grounded in the #earth, especially in #sand! It has played such a vital important part of my #life and I’m #learning more and more to #appreciate the little things in life like #focusing on #happy #moments of #playing in the sand, burying my #feet in the sand, and taking #photos in the sand whether at the #beach, or in the #desert. I used to #love #climbing in sand #dunes to take #photo

Photography by Denise Vasquez ©2021 My #dream has always been to be a #travel #photographer. For me, my #happiness is #being on the road, #experiencing new #places, #connecting with #nature and #people, while capturing #colorful #moments with my #cameras during #sunrises, #sunsets, under the #stars and more. There have always been #challenges while #traveling on the road, but even more so since I got hurt at work and ended up being #disabled. Over the last 3 years going from

Getting #outdoors, connecting with #nature and doing #photography is a vital part of #healing my #body, #mind & #spirit. Being #disabled for almost 3 years now and going from #crutches, rolling #walker, motorized & standard manual #wheelchairs, a #cane, #walking sticks…I’ve noticed that our world is not completely #accessible to everyone. Having #accessibility to the outdoors is a fundamental right, and I know too well, having a lifetime of fighting for equal #rights as a #wo

Did you know if you have a permanent #disability you can have #free lifetime #access to over 2,000 National #Parks & Federal #Recreation Land sites? Yes, you read right…FREE LIFETIME ACCESS…Have you ever heard of the National Park Access Pass? The Access Pass is part of the #America The Beautiful National Parks & Federal Lands Pass Series. It’s a free lifetime pass for US citizens or permanent residents that have been medically determined to have a permanent disability. What

I love being #outdoors in #nature, especially when doing #photography. Why? Because being #outside in nature’s #colorful #environments especially during #sunrises, #sunsets & under the #stars, always makes me feel #happier, lifts my #spirit & makes me feel high on #life! Getting #injured at #work & ending up in a #wheelchair, took me from being a totally #independent #woman to having to rely on my boyfriend for almost everything! As an independent woman it was hard for me to