Hi Friends,
I feel like I have so much to write- but have been so super busy the last few weeks. Busier than I can remember being in a pretty long time. I have a very quick and super cute walker on my hands, Stephen is staying way longer hours at school, and suddenly my sister and I have a "photography business." Haha.
I have been doing christmas card photo shoots for families since the end of October. 17 families so far, one engagement session, and one newborn session- and 6 more families to go before Christmas. What the heck was I thinking? Talk about being thrown into the deep end of the pool! And it all started with this little flyer I sent to my friends in the ward just to help me get some more practice:
(Yeah, nothing too fancy.)
Well, Word spread and I started getting calls from friends of friends and their friends who saw their photos etc. I am definitely a beginner- but it is incredible how much I've learned in just one month. And because it has blown up to be a much bigger deal than expected at this point, my brother Caleb helped us put together an awesome website.
It looks great so far, but still needs a little TLC before I put it on here and tell everyone about it. I am looking at DECEMBER 1st to make it all "official." I am kinda being picky because I know a lot of people will only look once- I want it to include some of our best from the last month. Also, we suddenly have to figure out pricing- because I can't charge this "family and friend" deal forever as we already have a couple requests for sessions after the holidays.
Anyway, there are a billion incredible photographers out there with their own style and exceptional work.... there are also a lot of "photographers" that aren't that great. I know! I laugh when I hear people say "Everyone is becoming a photographer." Or "That is such a stay-at-home-mom thing to do." Thanks (said with sarcasm) But, Who cares? I'm not doing it to make a living or be all competetive with it. I am just excited to be doing something and fortunately there aren't THAT many photographers here where I'm living in CA at the moment. The lack of school in my life was eating away at me- making me crave something new to develop. And I don't want that new skill to be cooking until I get a dishwasher. My artistic skills of old needed some serious excersize and this is a good first step.
So, anyway, Thanks for your support, guys. (If any of you are even really reading this extremely wordy post. How ironic- a post about my photography and I didn't include any..... haha.) Thanks for letting me ramble. Check back later for the website so you can see some of our latest. We are pretty excited about it.
