When I was younger I taught myself how to reupholster furniture and tried to make a business out of that. I quickly realized that I didn’t want to invest so much time and energy into it so I learned how to weave and made myself some beautiful throws. I thought that could be a fun business, but in the end that died as well. Then I thought I could learn how to spin wool (my mom’s family lived on a f
arm in Iowa and they still have connections with some farmers there so I could have access to wool whenever I wanted it), however that quickly died too. I thought of starting a business making cards, but I never felt really skilled in that. My adventure as a photographer started when my parents gave me a camera after graduating from high school. While I was thrilled with the gift I really didn’t know how to use it besides hitting the shutter button to capture whatever was in front of the camera. So I scoured the manual trying to learn the different modes possible to use but I never touched manual mode - it scared me. I didn’t have amazing lenses, just the kit lens but I still loved taking pictures with my camera and I felt like I was learning a lot, but there was much more for me to learn! It took a while, but my passion has slowly focused more and more on wedding photography. I love capturing the countless details of the day, the raw emotions shown on so many people’s faces, the joy and excitement of such a special day, and most of all, the radiant bride and groom. While weddings are all unique and special in their own way, there is also a good amount of predictability that I find helpful. All weddings have a ceremony in which the bride walks down the aisle to meet her anxious groom, all weddings have a time of congratulations, and all weddings have joy.
