I have had times since starting my business that I have lost focus of being creative, trying new things and shooting what I am passionate about. When I lose focus on these aspects, photography feels like work. I don't want my work to feel like work...that's no fun. That being said, I am doing Passion Projects. These are sessions or style that I have pictured in my mind but haven't followed through with. My Passion Projects will benefit all of my clients and since these sessions will focus on a theme, style or idea I am offering them in kind of a mini session way, and more details will be available with each project. My first Passion Project will be based on families. Yes, I photograph families all the time, but a friend sent me this blog post: Eighteen Summers : It's all we get. This blog hit me hard, it made me think a lot about my own life. I mean I know my birds are only in the nest for 18 years but its seems so short when you say it out loud. These summer days can seem so long! The kids fighting, the "i'm bored" being chanted every 15 minutes and the "take me" and "get me" that seems to be yelled non stop. At the same time, these days fly by! Days laughing by the pool, family cookouts and movie nights, I could take these days forever. Soon the sibling fights will ...
I am not one of those people that thinks every thought is a winner and that the world wants to read it. It is very difficult to keep up with this stuff while working on redoing a studio space, LAUNDRY...the worst part of parenting, momming, wifing, and working. With that in mind, here is some recent stuff that I have been working on. I hope that everyone has an amazing Easter weekend!!!
Monday, February 27, 2017
So, my kids go through phases that to other photographers is known as PCS...Photographers Child Syndrome. On the rare occasion that both of my kids cooperate and I don't have to go full psycho mom to get a picture of them, I am thrilled to photograph my babies. Yesterday was one of those days that I got a whole 5 minutes from each of them...a separate 5 minutes, but 5 none the less. I was also feeling the withdrawals of not having a newborn in the studio in the last couple of weeks, so I came up with the idea of this fun session. Little Miss wasn't very excited about the idea, so I begged. When that didn't work, I told her she had to take a nap; She lovingly came around to my way of thinking. My little Man...he loved it. The giggles that happened during these photos were priceless.
So, now that I have FINALLY revamped my website, I am going to give blogging a try. I am actually going to type as little as possible because my spelling, grammar and punctuation leave much to be desired. In fact as I type this, I can already see the correction texts that my husband will be sending me. Since this is blog number one...I'll keep it extra short and sweet. Since my family comes first....