Earlier today I got an email from a potential client that made me realize how thankful I truly am to have my dream job: photographer. She and I had been doing some preliminary communication and since she doesn’t get the luxury of a lot of free time, I sent her a gallery for her to go over and look through to see if I was a good fit for the style that she and her fiancé had envisioned. The response I got was truly amazing and made me take some time back to reflect on how happy I am in my career and life right now.
After sending the gallery, I won’t lie, I was a little worried. I like being able to meet people face to face (whether it be a real life meeting or even Skype for my out of towners!) so I can curate the images while they are going through them. Yes, I believe my work stands alone and the whole point of things like my albums are for a continuous story of a wedding day, however, I just like being there. Maybe they have a question. Maybe they have a comment. Maybe they want to know where an image is taken. So, I sent it, and just sat there a little nervous at how it would translate to, at this point, a stranger.
The response was overwhelmingly amazing. This girl hasn’t even met me yet and is already speaking straight to my soul. She said she “enjoyed my artistic view and attention to detail” which just shows to me how much she values photography, especially when it comes to a wedding day. I read that line and was smiling because I just thought to myself “this girl gets it”. And then, to go further, she said that she saw my images “displayed true emotion and were absolutely beautiful”. Um – HELLO. This girl, man, she doesn’t even know how truly touched and thankful I was to receive this message. Well, she may have an idea after my response to her, but one thing that she doesn’t know: today is my birthday, and she just gave me one of the greatest presents I could ever receive.
The off season is a sad, dreary couple of months at times because while I have so many ideas and plans and photo shoots coming up, it’s a stand still in the photography department. She made me happy, ecstatic even. Why? Because I am ready to take this upcoming engagement and wedding season on with the creative strength and passion that she reminded me I so truly have.
Bring it on, 2014.
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