Apologies, I have been majorly neglecting this blog – the whole site actually. I’ve been pretty busy lately and just haven’t been able to find the time to devote to it. Since it’s the new year and I have a little personal and professional news to share I figured I’d stop in and do a little update.
First off, I got engaged in November. (Told you I’ve been neglecting!) My fiance, Brandon, and I met in high school after I stalked and creeped on him for a couple years without him knowing I even existed. We became friends, started dating, and have been together since. It’s been 10 years. We went to Boston to celebrate our anniversary. Before that day, I had a feeling this might be coming but on the actual day, we were so super busy with my nieces birthday party in the morning, heading to Boston, getting dressed and ready to go out on the town, that I had sort of forgotten about the notion. We went for a walk on the Charles River near our hotel and long story short, he popped the question. I won’t go into details because I’m a little bit of a private person. But it was chilly, it was dark, it was pretty (I had just taken a photo of the awesome Boston skyline view), and I cried. Which I did not expect would happen. All in all, it was memorable but not public and both of those things make me happy.
So really, since November, we have been telling people the news and beginning to make plans, more so since after the holiday rush. We haven’t decided on much yet but there will be a wedding in 2012. It’s going to go quick, so I’ve been already researching like a madwoman. Unlike many women, I haven’t been dreaming about a wedding since I was 3 years old, so I have a lot of catching up to do. In the end, I’ll be marrying my best friend of 10 years and that’s all that really matters. So as you can assume, just with this one thing, I’ve been kind of busy.
On top of getting engaged and the holidays which are always kind of nutty to keep up with, I’ve started researching and getting a portfolio together for a new venture I am pursuing professionally: real estate photography. I’ve talked with many pros in the field and they have all been extremely helpful and honest with me which I can say I wasn’t expecting. The responses I’ve gotten from emails to strangers (who I will be, in some cases, in direct competition with) have gone above and beyond what I expected when I wrote them. On top of that, they all suggested a flickr group and community website where I have been welcomed and given sound advice countless times already. I know I have been a bit flighty in the past with my ventures but I can honestly say that this one is by far the most exciting because of all the advice I have gotten from those in the field already. I can’t thank those people enough. I’ve only shot a couple homes so far, but I have more in the works just to get a portfolio started. I have learned so much just in the month or so I’ve been doing this. After that, I have a fairly solid plan of how to get started, something I’ve never really bothered to do before. I’ll share a couple images I’ve come up with so far – just so you see where I’m going with it.
If you have a beautiful home (or even just a really well decorated lovely room or two) that you would be interested and willing to have me come and take photos, I would really appreciate the opportunity. Building a portfolio of images doesn’t necessarily mean I have to shoot a home on the market, I just need to be able to show and hone in on my skills.
In the next year or so, I’ll be getting married and hopefully starting a new successful business venture. Besides these, more inevitable changes are coming in the next year. I may be rehashing this entire website/blog. But, more on that later as I haven’t quite decided where I’m going with it. Stay tuned!
