Wild Blue Bug

It seems I had spent the last year and a half doing everything but photography and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing. Sounds a bit cheesy to me to say that my soul felt empty, but looking back now I see the void.

Don’t get me wrong though, the last year has been great! I got married in June (on the Summer Solstice) to a handsome, hardworking man whom I love to pieces. I also started working part-time as the Executive Director for a non-profit last March. This new position has invigorated me! And I feel like I’m actually making a difference in the community. It was this position that became the catalyst for my returning to my passion, photography.

I had an idea of doing a Minturn Mutts Calendar (mountain town = lots of dog owners) when I first moved here. Photography was still fresh on the brain. But I put this project off for other things. I reignited the vision as a fundraiser for the non-profit and was turned down. I had done all the work for it. Just didn’t have the means to execute. This project continued to eat away at me…I knew it was a good idea, I just didn’t have the extra income to support it upfront. So I brainstormed ways to earn some extra income and decided I could do some photography on the side. And it worked.

I contacted a property management company about doing photos of their properties at a reasonable fee. And it worked.

My photography confidence must have been showing again because shortly after I booked a local job photographing a business. The photo below is from this session. It’s my full circle.

I’m now beginning to book into 2012 and am looking into opening a storefront! My plate is full, my soul is full.

'the open space' in Minturn, Colorado