I first off want to wish everyone a big Happy New Year! I love the beginning of a new year. It marks a fresh start. A chance to start something new, get organized, set goals, look back at the past year and hopefully appreciate where you are in your life and look at where you want to be. I do not set big resolutions per se, but I do set new goals for myself. I think goal setting is so important and gives one a chance to better themselves in some facet. After all, we all have some improvement to make, not one of us is perfect.
I do not particularly enjoy sharing my own personal “resolutions” with others. I keep them close to my heart and work on them for my own self satisfaction and personal growth. One of my goals for the year though is to enjoy more time with family and friends and to capture more of my personal life on camera. I often find myself so exhausted from working full time at the hospital and with my photography business that I have no energy to leave the house and/or pick up my camera to just take snapshots. I intend on sharing more of these personal snapshots here on the blog from time to time. I know some photographer’s frown upon mixing client work with personal snaps on your business blog, but I feel differently. I enjoy looking at other professionals sites and having a bit of a glimpse into their personal life, just enough so you feel like you get to know them a bit better.
I do not intend on flooding my blog with snaps, but just adding some here and there a bit more this year. I am such a perfectionist at heart and often find it hard to even want to take a picture if the lighting is not perfect, if there are distracting elements I cannot avoid etc. I need to learn to embrace imperfections a bit more and simply capture a moment before it is gone irregardless of how imperfect the image is.
I hope you all have a fabulous 2012 and thank you for all your support and love!
Here are a couple of snaps I took yesterday!
My cat Shady.
My bestie had a sweet baby girl December 30th. Here she is at 3 days old. I will be doing her official photoshoot in a few days, so stay tuned!
