Happy New Year to everyone! I've taken a little time off this past week to recharge, hence the no blogging. Its been nice to have a little much need hiatus.
I always appreciate the coming of a new year because it is a time of renewal, hope and inspiration to me. I enjoy the holidays and spending time with family, friends and being busy in general, but there is something so cleansing about starting a new year with fresh perspective and goals. Slimming down from the excess of the previous season. Decluttering. Emerging a little wiser.
Each year my husband I set our goals for the coming year (I prefer not to call them resolutions because it's more likely I won't keep them), and for the past four years we have achivied roughly 80% of what was on our list. Maybe it's because we are both driven to succeed or maybe we just like crossing things off our list, but I'm proud of all that we have accomplished personally, professionally, spiritually and wholeistically. We also know we are very blessed to have our health, our families, our friends and each other to keep one another grounded and the compass pointed in the right direction. It really is about the journey, and we strive to remember that each day.
2007 was an amazing year. A busy year; a year of great growth and learning. I shot 20 weddings (the max I shoot per year) and roughly 60+portrait sessions. I met so many wonderful people and made new friends. I launched a new website, a new custom blog, new marketing materials, attended some great seminars and tradeshows, and learned so much. I look back and wonder how I ever did anything else besides this. It fulfills me in ways that isn't always easy to express. I love being a mother and a wife, but I also love being a photographer, and the pure joy that comes from doing what I love. I believe that discovering your passion and your purpose is one of the greatest gifts that God and this life can give you. I am thankful for this every single day.
Im in a reflective mood, so I wanted to share some of my favorite images from the past year. This is mostly weddings with a few portraits shots thrown in and in no particular order. Just shots I love for some reason or another. (Im planning a seperate slideshow version of my favorite portraits since there are just way to many to include here. Stay tuned....)
I just noticed for the first time how every person in this shot is looking at someone different. I love that! They are all watching each others faces :) This one might be a top contender for me for that reason ... there is so much emotion in this shot.
Whew! That was tough since there are so many I love, but my arms are tingling from sitting too long. Which one is your favorite?
Now, for 2008... What a year ahead: so many things in the pipeline, on the books, and up my sleeve...
New contests! (one announcement coming very soon...)
A trip to Hawaii! (Do you know anyone getting married there in late May/early June??)
Cool workshops and seminars to attend!
Another 20 weddings!
More great photo shoots!
An updated website (maybe even a whole new look)!
Fun mini getaways!
And so much more, but you'll see lots of new blogs posts soon.... Happy New Year!
Labels: NEWS, PERSONAL, PORTRAITS, WEDDINGS
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