It's seems crazy to me that it has been almost exactly two years since I started my business. In fact, two years ago today was the very first wedding for which I was actually paid. As it turned out, all it took was that first $100 paycheck to convince me that I might actually be able to make a living doing something I love :-). I don't think I said it at the time, but when I printed out my first business cards that day, I made it my New Year's Resolution to take a risk and pursue a job that would not only allow me to be creative, but required it (so much for that math degree). I'm so thankful for those first clients who trusted me with their day, and, although $100 isn't the biggest financial risk, they definitely took a chance by trusting a rookie photographer with one of the biggest days of their life.
Around this same time last year, I made a new resolution for my business. I decided that I was committed to being full-time before the end of 2009. It was kind of scary trusting that my business could be at a place to financially support me in such a short amount of time, but I believed that if I didn't take that next step, I would lose all momentum. By the time summer came around I was blessed with such an abundance of work that I had no choice but to quit my part-time job, and go full-time with photography.
I'd like to say that this is an especially exciting time of life for me right now, and it is, but, in all honesty, I don't feel like the time that has come before was any less important, or that the the time to come will be any less of an adventure. One thing I've learned, even before starting my business, is that God desires to lead me one step at a time. No one step is more important than the others, because my journey is more about who is leading than where I am going. Even so, I trust that the one who is leading has big plans for me, and I'm excited to discover where I am going next. I have an idea, and I imagine I'll be sharing that with you in the not too distant future.
I'd also like to extend a HUGE thanks to all of you, my clients and blog readers, for all of your support and encouragement over the last couple years. May this next year lead you to a place of more love: more love for yourself, more love for the people around you, and more love for God.
I'll leave you now with a photo from JB & Kacy's New Year's Eve wedding at the Scotia Inn. Expect to see more of this wedding in a few weeks, once all of the photos have been edited.
Blessings on the coming year!
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