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This family was gifted a newborn session with me for their baby shower, isn’t that a great gift? I loved meeting this family, they were so kind and I loved that their dog wanted in on the action.
These past few months was in season of reflection and quiet, like the seeds under the fertile soil waiting for their chance to emerge in the bright sunlight of spring, gosh that was corny. I am not a writer, I am not eloquent lol.
This winter was a hard one for me. My anxiety was pretty rough and I was feeling not good enough, uninspired, depressed. So I took a break. I put my camera away and rarely touched it, I stepped away from posting my work on social media, and I hibernated from my photography.
I worried that by not posting on social media my clients would forget me, think I had quit. I decided to that I needed something that planted a seed in me, or lit a fire again. I enrolled in a course on film called Everyday Films and I began picking up my camera again. I slowly started feeling myself getting inspired again, excited again, not just about this new passion of film making but also about still photography.
Sometimes in our lives I think we need a period of quiet, to reflect on where we have come and to decide on where we want our path to lead.
I am sharing with you my final project from my workshop. It is always scary sharing something new but I also know that sometimes you have to trust the magic of beginnings.
My messy desk
While I edit I need to have background noise. I used to have a laptop and was able to edit my photos from the comfort of my couch or bed, but then two years ago I spilled coffee on that laptop and fried it. It was a sad day for sure, but I was lucky because I use backblaze so I had all my worked backed up and it was more of an inconvenience and expense than catastrophe. Anyway, for the past two years I have been chained to my desk while I edit, which means I have had to find other ways to have background noise. Of course, I often listen to pandora radio, but radio can get boring and monotonous, enter Netflix and Podcasts.
So, I am sharing this with you in the hopes that you can give me some recommendations, and also it's my hope that if you are stuck at a desk like me this will give you some new shows or podcasts to listen to.
Let's start with Netflix, and when I say Netflix, I also mean Amazon Prime Video and any other streaming service. When I edit I can't watch a new show that I really need to keep my eyes glued to the screen because my attention really needs to be on the computer screen so I try to choose shows I have either watched before or that I can really mostly listen to and still understand the story line. Here are my favorites below and please send me some of your favorites in the comments.
Moving along to podcasts. I am embarrassed to admit that I only started listening to podcasts this past fall. I knew what they were and tried to get into them a long time ago but just never found one that I liked. Anyway, I also used to love reading the blog Young House Love, and when they stopped blogging I missed them, but they started a podcast so I figured I would give it a shot and instantly realized I had been missing out on podcasts.
There are four podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis. Two of the podcasts, Young House Love has a podcast and The Chris loves Julia Podcast, are about home design. The Simple Show podcast is a mix of travel, family, and books, all of my favorite things, and the last podcast, How I Built This, is about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists and how they built their businesses and brands.
I also find myself listening to podcasts in the car or when I am cleaning or straightening up around the house.
Check them out on iTunes and leave me some recommendations of podcasts you listen to. I really don't love mystery or murder, but if you know any that you think I might like, please comment below.
So, I have a new website, and new blog so I thought maybe I should add some new content and have you get to know me a little better. Everyone has quirks, so I thought I would share some of mine. Don't judge!
About once a year I have photographed a wedding. I don't photograph traditional, large venue weddings, but intimate non-traditional weddings, and I LOVE it! Witnessing two people devote themselves to each other is such a blessing. I love being able to capture their love and commitment to each other. If you are having a town hall, backyard or small intimate wedding, feel free to contact me, but if you are having the large venue traditional wedding, I am not your girl, but I can certainly point you in the right direction of a great friend and amazing photographer who is. Don't get me wrong, I love traditional weddings, I had one myself.
This amazing couple I met a few years ago through my good friend. She told me when the time came her sister wanted time to photograph her wedding, so I waited. I waited for her to get engaged, then I waited for her to set a date and destination (because that is what she thought she was going to do) and then plans changed and they asked me to photograph their wedding at the Town Hall, and I couldn't wait! Jackie and Jamie are such an amazing couple with the cutest son! Watching their son get to see his parents get married was adorable. He gave a huge "WHOOP" when they were finally pronounced married.
