Last night I was a workshop with some other local photographers and during the evening the "rock stars" of the photography world came up a few times.
You know, like HER and HER and THEM.
And they told us not to try to be a rock star.
Which I get b/c come on, there aren't that many out there that are BIG names and it's hard to become a BIG name so it makes sense to just try to work your market and work it well.
HOWEVER.
Why would you be in this industry if you didn't have dreams of being a rock star with the income to match?
Is it bad that I dream of being a big national name?
Is it bad that I want to make lots of money for my family?
That I want to travel and have people want to hire me all over the country? The WORLD?
Is it bad that I want to shoot in cities other than St. Louis? That is actually THRILLS me to shoot in new places?
I don't know.
I do know that I think about it. Dream about it.
And then a kid poops and calls my name for me to come wipe their bottom and reality comes crashing back down!
And speaking of my kids, we had dinner at my parents over the weekend and for the first time in a long time i had the camera out... so beware... lots of my kids are coming atcha!
Chris, my mom and Bailey were playing catch in their front yard but Parker was tired and not into it... I love this one of her leaning on my mom.
post-head ball! HA! Can you tell daddy is a soccer coach?
THEN, yesterday morning I was watching Gray walk all around the house and I realized I really hadn't captured those first few steps in a way that I liked. So I stripped him down and took him into the yard. WHY DID I MAKE HIM WALK AROUND NAKED? Because I really love a baby's body. The rolls, the dimples, the skin. I love it. And I love how perfectly it shows his first steps. With his arms up for balance...perfection.
And the fact that he's carrying PUPPY DOG, his lovey, around makes my heart sing.
(Jakki... I swear I thought of you when I did this in b/w!!!)
AND THEN I got crazy and I made the girls strip down too. Because I just think a naked tush is so natural and cute and innocent.
HOWEVER. My mom thought it was too NAKED and I know Chris will freak out when he sees it on the WWW... hence the SENSOR blocks!
Just be warned that this shot may be printed as a 24x30 CANVAS in my house soon b/c I AM IN LOVE.
TODAY: The kids slept at my parents house so after my 2am bedtime I got to sleep until 7:30am! Thanks mom+dad! I have about 2 more hours of kid-free work before I head to my parent's house for a meeting and to see the kids. Then I'm leaving them to nap there while I take a NILMDTS session at Children's. It's going to be a tough one. Very much like THIS one. And that breaks my heart.
I had 5+ hours of sleep but MAN my head is fuzzy still! That means a shower and a quick run for a mnt dew is in order. The house is a mess, laundry needs changing and emails are SCREAMING at me for answers... does anyone else sometimes hate their inbox?
TODAY IS TODAY IS TODAY! GO!
