Do what you love; and do it often.

I recently watched a small video from a workshop on CreativeLive(awesome site), run by a renown food photography, Penny De Los Santos. The question she was asking her students as she finished the last day of her workshop was,


"If you're not doing what you love, why not?"





Sometimes the only things standing between our goals and aspirations are ourselves. Instead of looking at something and asking "why", I now try to ask "why not". Fear of failure was something that held me back from putting my photography out there to be seen by the masses. What if it wasn't good enough? What if everyone hated it? But not once did I ask myself, so what if they hate it? Or better yet, what if I actually succeed and my clients love the results?

Moving forward with my photography business has been a huge leap of faith for me, forcing me to push past my comfort zone, believe in my creative eye, and trusting that I can capture moments that my clients will absolutely love. It has been so much more exciting and rewarding than I ever imagined, and I am loving the process, mistakes and all. Each new session I feel stronger in my skills, my confidence grows, and I feel content that I am doing what I love, and not for anyone but myself.

Loving the entire process, good and bad is what it is all about.

Signs of Spring

I wandered outside with my camera today, intent on getting some good manual settings with the gorgeous evening sunlight. Slowly, the settings become easier for me to master with each snap of my shutter, and I try to focus on what I'm learning, and not how long the process is taking.

I used my favorite lens, my 50 mm, shooting wide open. Signs of spring are everywhere. Small red buds were all over my bushes, ready to open up at any time. The bulbs I planted in the fall are sprouting up with the heads of the daffodils almost opening to the sunlight. I needed spring to come more than ever this year.

It is as is if everything outdoors is waking up again. Every year I try to see it with fresh eyes.

What signs of spring are around you?