Dreaming BIG

Task #1: Write down in point form on a piece of paper all the reasons photography appeals to you.  Dream big! 

Let me start out by saying that my writing can be very scattered as I usually just blurt out on paper everything I’m thinking.  I will do my best to articulate why I chose to be a photographer!

To me, a successful photograph means that you “FEEL” something when you look at it.  It may not always be a good feeling, but you should feel something!  This is the way I weed through my pictures when trying to select the best from a client’s session.  I’ll go through them quickly at first and write down all the pictures that make me feel something when I look at them.  This may mean selecting a photo that is more technically weak than another (for example, the grainy picture I posted recently of the couple dancing.) I had very little available light to work with the exception of a little light shining from the bar in the corner, but it was a beautiful sight and such an intimate moment that I had to take it without a flash and use a very high ISO.

I have three active, fun-loving, armpit farting, always asking questions and never satisfied with the answers, bright and silly kids…this will not change!  I don’t foresee myself having any spare time in the future so I believe this will always be a part-time gig for me, which is great!  I have never really advertised my services, but have worked off of word-of-mouth which has worked for me so far.  I love being able to balance my home life and my photography, and the two are synonymous most of the time anyway. 

A huge part of what fuels my passion for photography is being able to capture these fleeting moments for others as well.  There is no greater high than to see a smile flood a Mom’s face when she sees the pictures of her kids for the first time.  I can’t get enough of it!  I think everyone should have clear, bright, story-telling, dreamy pictures of their family/kids and this is what I’m striving for in my photography. 

I have no idea how far down the road this will happen, but it’s such a clear vision in my mind that I can’t imagine it not happening.  SOMEDAY, my hubby and I will buy an acreage with room to play, grow, and of course where I can take pictures at!  I see the big oak tree, the sun room, and the pole fencing.   I see families coming for their sessions and having many different options for where they want their pictures taken. 

Hope, you said to Dream BIG!!!!!

I guess that’s it in a nut shell…
~I want my pictures to tell a s

tory.
~I want you to feel something when you look at my photos.
~I want you to look back at the photos I take of your kids and smile, laugh-out-loud, or cry because it’s a time that you will never get back, but will always be there to remember because it’s documented.  It’s real, it’s life, it’s your memories on paper.

Onto Task #2 which is to take 5 pictures that encompass my “style” as a photographer. Then select 5 pictures that I have already taken that also clearly shows my style and post them somewhere I can see them. These 10 shots should reflect, illustrate, or define WHY I take pictures.  I’ll post them on my blog too when I figure out my 10. 

Thanks for the exercise Hope, it has me a dreamin’!