My sweet friend was needing some new family pictures this fall season. When she asked if I was free that coming weekend, I was glad I had a spot open and she was ready to go. Sometimes, you just need to plan something and go do it right away. Other things take a little longer planning time, but for pictures, I’m finding that life is just too short and it’s never too soon to take pictures with your loved ones. So glad we could create tenderness together.
Why taking a break with your photography business can be good-Las Vegas Family Photographer
In 2020, I felt the need to take a break with my photography business. I felt good about it at the time, and thought that I was closing my doors for good. A few months later, I was doing my yearly school sessions with my homeschool group, consisting of adorable headshots and sibling pictures for many families. It was during that session that I realized something important; I still loved creating pictures for others. Yes, there are demands and pressures with client work, but it still feels like a treasured honor to create portraits for someone.
I began to rethink my idea of closing up shop. Instead, I took a much needed break and rested. Later, I began to pick up my camera again and shoot for myself with my family, and in the quiet peace of my garden. I filled my cup a bit more by doing so.
Now, I am here attending to my neglected and dusty blog. I am hopeful to continue to serve the community with pictures. I am thankful for continued self education in this wonderful world of photography. I love people, and I love learning. Taking a break can be wonderful and rejuvenating. Change can always happened. Pivots are fine for your business. Don’t lose your joy of photography and become burned out. Run your business that way you see best, and continue to seek beauty through your lens to share with the world. We all need each other’s voices and beautiful views of the simple joys around us.
Inspiring Quotes-Las Vegas Lifestyle Family Photographer
“Artists are like children, as they try to see the world around them with innocent eyes.
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I think as mothers we do an extraordinary amount of work that goes unseen. Daily mundane duties that tend to the souls around us. We go to bed exhausted on most days, and wake up to another day of learning, growing, struggling and loving.
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During the last hour before sundown, I’m usually scrambling to finishes up chores with the kids; washing the dinner dishes, pickup up, and bathing the babies.
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After much begging and pleading, I took my two oldest boys to see the new Avengers Endgame movie. I’m not super hyped on the Marvel movies. Don’t get me wrong. They’re super fun, but I can wait for them to get on VUDU to watch on my couch. My boys, on the otherhand, would not have that, and so I took them last week with not much excitement to see it. I was wrong.
Read more"A Mood of Calm Repose in the Home"-Las Vegas Lifestyle Family Photographer
“When we cultivate a mood of calm repose in our homes, we are scooping out a space of reflection and wonder, for contemplation and reverie. Our children are exposed to incessant commotion in the world that exists beyond our walls. Let home be the place where they can find the peace and quiet to make sense of it all.”
Read moreHow I Capture Timeless Child Portraits-Las Vegas Lifestyle Family Photographer
Kids are wonderful little people to photograph. They have their unique quirks, big emotions, and endless supply of energy. It’s very simple to take a quick portrait shot of children, having them smile at the camera, and call it a day. Yet, I like to go beyond that. I simply do one basic thing; I talk to them. I talk before I start firing away. I try to see what their interests are, and I try my best to be genuinely interested. Nothing makes a little one happier than realizing that someone is listening to them, and showing an interest in their little joys.
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I went to Deer Springs Park with my sweet fellow mama friend and her kids. The spring weather was beautiful amidst the crazy winds that come with it. That day, we were blessed with a gentle breeze. I noticed the trees there, and how much they had grown since I first came to this park years ago. They were begging to be climbed.
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The more mobile my daughter gets, the more she is on a warpath to destroy, leaving a trail of items all over the home. My bottom dresser drawers are constantly being emptied onto the floor. Sometimes, I just can’t get to all of the messes, as someone always needs something from Mom. That saying of cleaning a home with kids is like shoveling snow while it’s snowing…so very true!
Read moreA Song for Depression-Las Vegas Lifestyle Family Photographer
I have something wonderful to share with you today. When I’m not taking pictures, I love to play piano and compose songs. Granted, I haven’t composed any new songs in a long time due to the busyness of mothering, but I was blessed last December to compose a song. It’s a song that was inspired by the suicide epidemic that is plaguing our world today. So much sadness in precious souls ending their lives.
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