End of the Season Reflection

Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. Okay, almost always life doesn’t go as planned. And almost always, it works out for the better. These past few months feel like they flew by in a blurry whirlwind, and in the midst of them I often lost track of which week we were in.

This summer marked our second year of photographing weddings (it is technically our third year of business, but let’s be honest – that first year pretty much consisted solely of designing a business card and hanging them anywhere visible to human eyes). But if I’m being real, I wasn’t prepared for the sacrifices that would have to be made when charging head first into this season. Sure, my husband and I are working for ourselves and in charge of our own calendar (which, truly, is AWESOME) – but weddings fall on the weekends when the rest of the world partakes in their celebrations, their memorials, their get-togethers. Saying yes to our dream of capturing other couples begin their lives together also means saying no to family and friends…often.

And the crazy thing?

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