I don’t exactly know where to start, but I am not a huge fan of
blogging, and one of my 2013 resolutions is to blog more to connect
better with my clients, so I am hoping I will learn to love it.

2012,
was a roller coaster year for me. It had huge ups and downs, in my
personal and business life. The beginning of 2012 was rocky for me. As I
battled getting out of a really bad relationship, which I am grateful
that I am still alive today to make it past that. I won’t exactly get
into that, as it has taken me awhile to openly discuss all of the things
that I went through. But that is also the reason that I have a strong
passion for women photography, and bringing self confidence to women;
because you never know what bringing self confidence to a woman will
help her do.

I pride myself on being independent these
days. I thank my horrible ex relationship for that. As I have bought a
home which I have a small studio in, and now also a boudoir room. I have
a company vehicle, that has been customized thanks to a deer. lol I
also pride myself on women empowerment, I get to lift women’s spirits
for a living, do you know how honoring that is??? AMAZING!!! 

2012
started off slow, as I learned manual mode and shooting in RAW, this
was troubling at first as I am self taught. I join a group of fellow
photographers in early Feb and a few we are still great friends, and
learn from each other. I have an amazingly hilarious assistant Katelyn
that I love working with and traveling with. Through going through my
rough patch in March to July, my clients lifted me up. They brought me
back into light, when I was in the dark. Y’all gave me my smile back. I
thought I would always be cold hearted, and my clients made me know what
love was again. I LOVE photography, I LOVE my clients. While crying
writing this, I want everyone to know when I am photographing my clients
whether it be a wedding, family, maternity, couple, etc, I want
everyone to feel what they are feeling when you look at their images.
Whether it be love, sadness, passion, or laughter; For example, during
the Hurt Wedding the before wedding sneak peek where the bride and groom
didn’t want to see each other so I used a door to separate them, and
when Shannon put her hand on Travis’ hand shaking nervously and was
looking at me crying, I begin to cry because I felt her happy
nervousness, and as a photographer that is an AMAZING connection that I
get to share with my clients.  I get to share secrets with clients, I
get calls about clients expecting, picking out wedding dresses, knowing
the sex of the baby before everyone else, my clients want ME in the
delivery room, I share birthdays, anniversaries, etc…..y’all have
become MY FAMILY!!! As I have been struggling with knowing if I am
successful, and what defines being successful in photography, I have to
remind myself that it is when you feel it within yourself. And I didn’t
feel that until this year. Myself and Katelyn got to travel for weddings
during the summer, which that is a huge honor once you get to capture
weddings out of state. I totaled up my sessions and weddings for 2012 and I had 126 sessions and 17 weddings……sssshhhhooo thank you everyone, y’all are amazing!

I get to meet so many people
doing this job. Brides, grooms, families, vendors, fellow photographers,
all which is an honor. This is a dream come true for me, knowing I get
to capture moments that last a lifetime!!! So thank you thank you thank
you all clients past, present and future ones. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life, for capturing your life, helping me grow and learn from my mistakes, and thank you for being YOU!  Here are some images
from 2012…..stay beautiful everyone!!