At a certain point, I made a decision to pursue what I love. Photography. Actually, that "certain point" was really a conglomeration of several conversations over months (perhaps even years) with my husband, where he told me that I needed to do what I loved and was truly gifted in. He was alluding to, well actually he pretty much just said, "You need to do photography." So here I am, two years into the game, and I'm making some headway.
One of my greatest challenges is not coveting every awesome gadget and tool that is involved in the world of photography. You see, about a year ago, Wes and I decided that we would build our businesses by the sweat of our brow. Meaning? We will not be borrowing money. This is a sweat equity business baby, and every dollar is earned. No, this is not because the bank won't give us money because we have a history of losing money and late payments. On the contrary, my credit pretty much rocks, and we are an on-time-payment kind of family. We have just chosen a different way of doing business, and we are taking a slightly more old fashioned approach (which I happen to believe is a lot wiser too) in the way we handle our money.
Okay okay...so it's been two years. And in that time I have built a website, bought a new camera, two AWESOME lenses, a studio lighting kit, acquired an awesome Macbook Pro (love it and can never go PC again!) taken a class or two, and more importantly, I have seen my love of photography blossom. When you start taking enough pictures, you begin to see life in pictures. I was watching a mom with her little boy today, and as she picked him up and put him down, I kept seeing different frames go by....beautiful moments that can be frozen in time with something as simple as a camera. So cool.
So all this to say, I am loving the process, but man would I love a few extra bucks to get a few extra luxuries...the Canon Mark III (oh man, would that rock!), some wireless transmitters, a couple of flashes, just a few more lenses...yeah, you get the drift. But I know that there is so much coming.
I want to bless people through this medium of art. More importantly, I want to bless God through this medium of art. I want to freeze in time the beauty that He has made in His creation. Everything from the cliffs of the greatest mountains, to the tiny hands of a newborn baby. Amazing...
So I continue to press on. I continue to run this race, because I know that the reward is great. Who knows how far this will go, but I'm thinking big. The cool part is you guys get to see me here, pretty much in the beginning. I'm thinking global, though. And that can entail so much. But thoughts on the global stuff will take up a whole other post, so I'll wait a bit for that one. Cheers!
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