my why

In order to understand why I love photography so much, you need to know a bit about my background. I went into college undecided, meaning I did not choose a definite major. well, I came out undecided as too! I technically graduated with my degree in Elementary Education, but my heart didn’t long to be in a classroom. currently, I am a third grade teacher, and my students are absolutely the lights of my life. I love them so much, but I also just love people. While I was in college my dad would ask me, “what could you see yourself doing?” My answer was always, “I’m not sure, I just know I want to love people.” Photography allows me to do that in a creative way. Watching someone’s confidence increase throughout a shoot, showing them how the pictures are turning out through my camera and watching their face light up -that’s my why. Receiving texts after sending out a gallery that say “I am in tears. I have never felt so beautiful, thank you” -that’s my why. Working with a business and seeing their product come to life through a picture, and being apart of making someone else’s dream a reality -that’s my why. Being with couple on their special day as a friend, comforter, and hype woman -that’s my why.

Photography allows me to love people well, and that’s my why.