Slow and Steady 03/03/2011
 
So things haven't been picking up quite as quickly as I want them to, but I guess I can't complain.  I already have two photo shoots lined up over my spring break, possibly three.  I'm really excited to see what happens once it finally does take off.  I'm hoping it happens soon; I'm getting a little anxious! 

P.s., I hope you all like the new layout of the website!
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I don't know why, but I've always hated having my picture taking.  I don't like posing where people can see me, and I just feel awkward having to paste on a fake smile in front of someone while they snap pictures of me.  But I sucked it up yesterday and had a mini-shoot done so I could have a more professional looking picture of me in my about section.  And although I didn't enjoy DOING the shoot, I really liked the results.  Which kinda made me realize what my clients get to experience once they see their pictures.  At least I hope so, anyway.  For me to be able to capture a picture of them, and for them to look at it and think "wow, that's a really good picture of me," makes me feel really good.  I knew I was in this business for a reason.  :)
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It's true.  Some things are just too beautiful.  I want this baby, bad.  That will be what I work toward.  Watch it in HD! :)
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Dreaming Big 11/22/2010
 
I guess every someone had to start somewhere.  Joe Namath probably didn't become one of the best football players of all time by sitting at home watching movies and eating popcorn all day.  Katherine Hepburn didn't win four oscars by simply wishing she had gone to that first audition.  The Beatles wouldn't have been awarded 6 Diamond albums, 24 Multi-Platinum albums, 39 Platinum albums and 45 Gold albums if they had never worked hard at what they did.  I guess those same rules apply to me.  

As a student of a private university, where every person with a DSLR thinks that that is enough qualification to title themselves a photographer, it has been very difficult for me to feel unique.  Back home, I'm THE photographer.  I'm the one in my group of friends who's always taking pictures.  But here, almost everyone is a "photographer."  At times I even feel embarrassed when I pull out my camera and start taking pictures.  "Oh there's another girl with a fancy camera acting like she knows how to take pictures."  I can almost hear people thinking it; I have that thought every day, so why wouldn't they?  But then I came to a realization.

This is more than just a trend.

Photography is something that I am truly passionate about.  In high school it was volleyball, and when high school was over, I didn't have that anymore.  That's when I discovered life behind the lens.  This is something that I truly love doing.  It makes me happy.  So why not share it with the world?  Maybe someone else can find happiness through one of my pictures; and if I can be so lucky as to bring someone joy by the very thing that brings ME joy, what more can I ask for?  So I will work for what I love.  I will practice and practice until my practice makes perfect.  I may start off small, but the competition will only make me stronger. 

So here is my website.  I hope you enjoy looking at these pictures as much as I enjoy taking them.  If you like them enough to hire me, please feel free to message me in my contact section.  Any extra money I can bring in is well-appreciated; need I remind you I'm a college student?  :)

- Katie
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