Happy New Year Everyone! Well here it is 2012… and they world has not ended yet! Thank God! Remember New Years 99 when the world was ending apparently and everything would reset at the turn of the century? I have been thinking about new years resolutions over the past few days. Mostly how we all make so many of them and hardly ever stick to them. How many of us have said “This year I’m going to lose 30lbs and get in the best shape of my life… a 6 pack… why not… or better yet an 8 pack!” We end up going to the gym 5 days a week which soon tapers off and the exhaustion sets in!
I have been starting to feel that with this whole photography hobby of mine I could very well start sprouting feathers and become a real live chicken if I didn’t get the guts to at least put myself out there a little bit. I have never found it hard to put myself out there when it comes to my work/school etc. but for some reason photography is different. I guess photography like any creation of the artistic kind is more personal.
For me it started out after having a baby, my gorgeous little princess Natalie. I felt that all the precious moments were just passing me by and I was in a complete lack of sleep haze and I was afraid to miss it all and not remember a thing. What better way to document life than through photographs. These snapshots in time can bring us back to that place, and for me it was a precious place that I would probably never remember because of the state of exhaustion I was in. Everyone tells you when you have a new baby that the time just flies by and they grow up so fast but you never believe it until it happens to you. So as if I was not exhausted enough I decided to get into photography while on maternity leave and learn everything I could learn in that 1 year.
I would say that photography went from hobby to slight obsession pretty quick. There are just so many things to learn and so many great gadgets to get! I couldn’t get enough and still can’t! My husband, Mark, laughs at me when I get all excited and can’t sleep because Im going to get some new photography gadget. So I have been asking myself so at what point does a hobby or mild obsession become something that I should just do for real?
I had started a this blog a little more than a year ago as a way to get started with photography, learn how to post pictures and maybe get a few shoots under my belt. One thing that I was never prepared to do was actually create a facebook page, that was just too real for me… can you hear the clucking? That would mean actually posting up pics I have taken and photoshoots I have done and it would just be real…and maybe I would connect with some more people who want their photos taken. That brings me to one of the many new years resolutions. Get up that facebook page and say no to sprouting feathers! As of Jan 2, 2012 the facebook page is up. yippee!
It turns out that over this past year I have discovered that I have a real passion for capturing those loving family moments, the innocent playfulness of children and of course the gorgeousness of tiny little newborns that don’t stay tiny for long! I truly enjoy creating an image for a momma-to-be that makes her feel gorgeous at that amazing time time in her life and to later create an image of the beautiful baby that was so worth all that hard work for her.
For 2012 my resolutions are in 3 categories: photography, school and personal. Now that photography has its own category I think it deserves its own facebook page and some blog attention.
Its definitely the year to give my dreams the care and attention they truly deserve.
Time to finish a Phd and make myself a better photographer… all while being a Momma and wife!
Sounds easy right?
At the moment I am very optimistic
I was slightly in the spirit as you can see
Alex Bilodeau was by far the most amazing moment of the entire 2 weeks! Still goosebumps thinking back to it.
Olympic GOLD Baby!!!
Me and my bestie Mo went to the semi-finals!
I looked like a complete Olympic scrooge in comparison to Mark!
These people were AWESOME!
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