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.
4 comments:
I'm proud of you Julia! You are developing a talent, and doing something you enjoy. Way to go. And you are really good at it too :)
Every body it's been talking about your webside, but you haven't send me the link. I want to see it! And don't worry when people say that there is a Lot of Photographers, a lot of people said the same to me, but when i see the faces of my Quiceñeras ( Kind of sweet 16) makes feel good and makes me do my work better. I told you the other day, you are really good and like you, one day i was getting so sick of been here by myself, with out my family and this talent that we have needs to be show to everybody. I am glad you started your new business and it's ALOT of work, but believe me, capturing moments in the life of others makes feel part of them too. Congrats!.
I can't wait to check out your new website. That's great that you're keeping so busy...although it may be a bit overwhelming. Good luck with all your upcoming photo shoots.
it's great you're not a photographer in utah! :) hehe. everyone in utah are photographers, i swear. it's like a requirement to live there:) you'll do great. you have awesome talent and i can't wait to see your site! good luck with it all. sounds like you've been busy. i've done absolutely nothing as far as advertising. i should get something in the works. i don't want to take on too many, though. i've found that 3-4 sessions a month is all i ever want to do. you'll figure out how busy you need/want to be. CONGRATS!! so coo!
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