For the last year I’ve been hustling harder than I ever have with my photography, admittedly not as hard as I could, but still doing a good job of keeping my skills sharp. I started marketing myself using facebook and instagram with good results…………….for the first month or so. After some great shoots with all the close friends and family were done, I was stuck in a rut with no clients. Like any “artist” I started second guessing my skills and capabilities. After a healthy amount of self doubt, I’ve come to realize that I’m never going to be completely satisfied with anything I create, or at least I haven’t been yet. To be clear, that doesn’t mean I’m not proud of my work, it just means I’m always thinking of what I could have done better. To me that’s how photographers or artists of any kind become great. The next thing I took a look at was timing, when I started booking my most recent busy season it was spring and there was beauty all around us. Then came the winter, which is when things really stalled for obvious reasons. After a winter of ups and down that I can really only label as “LIFE”, spring has finally sprung. With that, I’m hitting it harder than before. I took a look at my goals as a photographer and decided to invest in my photography and marketing myself.
Just like anything else I create, I’m trying to create a perfect representation of my work and my brand here in this site. Squarespace is super user friendly and im excited to finally get it to a point where I feel comfortable publishing something more personal and homemade. I really hope it’s something that helps grow my creativity as well as helping grow my career as a photographer.