Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Proper Introduction....

I'd been thinking, I don't think I really ever gave a proper intro. I'm not really a very good blogger, it's actually quite intimidating to me. I'm still figuring things out...

I'm 27 years old, I have a three little babes, Dylan "4", Jonny O "3", and Dallas "1".....I'm engaged to be married next month, April 10th, I'm getting married in a field at the foot of a hill that has sooo many memories...My fiance, Jonny, is the nicest guy you'd ever meet....really. I don't know how I got so lucky, and I really do believe it was luck meeting him....maybe it was just supposed to happen that way...

Anyways....I got into photography about 9 years ago....I mean REALLY got into photography....I've always loved photography...I grew up with a little 110 film camera and would take it with me on "journies" with friends when we'd ride buses to the beach and such. My mom really got me into I guess, she's the one who gave the camera to me :) But I started working in a photo lab called Wolf Camera when I was 18, then it closed and then I got hired at North County Cameras in Escondido, and then it got bought out by Calumet Photographics. I worked at that lab for 6 years....I loved it....I processed all of the photos and met A LOT of really great people and super talented photographers....Some I got to know really well....dated one, lol.....and worked with them on weddings......I was always interested in shooting, I just never thought I'd really do it for other people....I never thought I was good....sometimes I still question whether anyone really likes my work or not.

I quit working for the photo lab  after I had my second son, me and my fiance moved to be closer to his work, and I found a new job as an event coordinator...which by the way, is not my "thing". I was already on the path to doing photography as well....The company laid me off, which I was really thankful for...because then I could focus on what I really loved....but at the same time I found out I was due to be expecting a new little girl in my life :) It was tough trying to balance two boys and one growing inside....I thought I would have to give up photography for sure....I shot everything I'd already booked, booked more....and decided after having my little girl I would take a break, although that didn't really happen the way I'd planned...I started shooting for another company....it wasn't my own....it wasn't what I wanted to shoot...I did it though because I liked who I was working for, felt potential and LOVE photography.

I started becoming uninspired, unmotivated, disappointed in myself....I didn't feel it was worth leaving my children for....I decided in the beginning of the year I would start shooting for myself again...but I've been really overwhelmed trying to plan my wedding so I wanted to make sure I didn't book anything 'til after mine, that way I could really focus on whom ever wanted me to shoot them....I've been setting shoots up that will help inspire me, where I know I'll feel good, and working it around a really simple and basic schedule....no pressure...I've been reading a lot of other blogs too, although it doesn't help me with my blogging skills they definitely inspire me....Jasmine Star....is my all time fave right, why couldn't I find her sooner? I'm for sure gonna try to attend any seminars with her :)

I was in Riverside shooting last week, and shot a few of these, I'm starting to feel on track....but I decided I would take everything really slow....I've been tuning up my "style", if that's what you wanna call it...maybe I should say "skill"...I love doing this and I wanna always love it, I'm not going to do it if I don't like it anymore, there's no point. It's not just work and what I shoot isn't just a picture.....This is my passion and these images are pieces of me....it's all extremely important, I've figured it out now, well I'm starting to anyway.

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After this walk up and down Mission Inn Blvd I felt really good, I felt really inspired, I wanna go back up there to shoot.

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