Ahhh!! I cannot believe that I even get to write this post. I’m getting pretty emotional even just thinking of what to write…

In the first couple years of my business I had a handful of people asking me if I shoot weddings and I turned them down and said no. I just told them that I wasn’t shooting weddings at the time. I used to tell my friends and family that I didn’t want to shoot weddings because it would be too stressful to have all that pressure on me for one of the most important days in someone’s life. The truth is, I was scared. I never thought I could do it. I didn’t think my photos were good enough and I thought I would for sure mess something up or miss an important shot that could not be redone. Even when I started second shooting for another wedding photographer I said there was no way I would do it on my own. Little did I know I would fall in love with wedding photography…

I’m not sure what changed my mind exactly, but about a year ago I decided I wanted to shoot weddings. Don’t get me wrong, I was still nervous and still get nervous every wedding day because I care about my couples and want to capture the best photos for them. I decide to put myself out there in hopes that someone would take a chance on me, and they did! I was finally able to shoot a few of my own weddings in 2016 and had the absolute best time.

I am so grateful for the relationships I have made not only through these couples, but also the amazing mentors I have met because of photography. Taking photos is the fun part of my job, but there is so much more going on behind the scenes. Running your own business is super hard but extremely rewarding, and I couldn’t have gotten this far without all the help from my friends and family and especially my photography friends and mentors.

Bring it on 2017!!!