I'm actually excited for this year to be done. It's been a fantastic year to say the least. Crazy packed with excitement and fun. And as far as my photography goes it has been my best year yet! Despite the fact that I can count on my two hands the number of shoots I've actually done this year, they have been my best batches yet.
I'm excited to work even harder in the coming year to improve the nitty gritty sides of my businesses...excitement might not be the best word used in this particular case. But overall I am so excited! And once I smooth things out and strengthen those rough areas I believe that ideas will spark and flourish like never before. And that's exciting to me!
With all that said here is a recap of my year through the art I've been privileged to make with some amazing people!
Brenna was amazing during her senior shoot. I told her I wish she was going to be a senior next year so we could do this again. But hopefully we will find another excuse to capture this beauty! See her whole shoot here!
Sweet little E turned 1 year old this year and her cuteness couldn't just not be captured right?!
Cara has found a love for modeling so we got together to build up her portfolio. Rachel Jones did an epic job with her hair and makeup for both shoots we did together(second shoot shown below soon!). See part 1 of Cara's modeling portfolio shoot here!
David SLAYED his senior shoot! He happens to work at the VMFA(with two other family members) which is so cool! So he felt right at home and I must say that this is the raddest shoot I've done to date. We had a blast and I will continually look to this shoot for inspiration in the coming year. Here is David's senior shoot!
I just love these two! They are expecting their first baby girl at the beginning of the year! So soon! I love the love they have for one another and the fact that they barely stopped laughing at each other during the entire hour we spent together just made me so giddy!
Rachel Jones is a makeup genius. Please keep that name in mind cause she is going to take over the styling world very soon.
Ahh part 2 of Cara's modeling portfolio. We missed the rain by ten minutes and got some of the best photos we could have hoped for. Though Cara made my job so easy we were bound to hit gold.
To wrap up I wanted to share some B&W's of the three girls I nanny for. This is my third year watching them and I've gotten to capture bits of their growing up and man is that a crazy thing to experience! It's bittersweet to watch the girls grow older cause of how drastically different each year gets. We went from snuggling and reading books everyday after school to rushing out the door the minute they get off the bus to scramble to 2,816 activities.
As important as these girls are to me I am reminded when I look at these photos just how important photography is to me, but also how crucial it is in general.
I start to get discouraged at the fact that there are so many photographers out there. I ask myself, am I really needed when thousands and thousands of people are doing the exact same thing as me?
I actually just asked myself that last night while I lay awake in bed. And I am answering myself right now with a huge YES. Yes I am needed because these three girls are precious gifts from the Lord and if my only job, as far as photography goes, was to capture their beautiful lives growing older and wiser and more gorgeous each day that goes by then yes it would be worth my time and energy to be a photographer. Because some people do photography because it can make really good money. But a real artist will make, create and capture because we don't want to miss out on life and ourselves. Some people will look at their work and see money symbols. Others will look at their work and smile with pure joy.
Have I mentioned how excited I am for 2016?
