I am working on updating the website. Going through thousands of photos and selecting the ones that reflect my brand and business and where it is at the beginning of 2012. This week I am going through wedding images. As I went through files and looked at my bride’s faces from 2011, I realized something….these girls became friends as I worked with them and I feel proud of the photos I gave them. That may not sound like a big deal. But you see, go back a year or two, I was so freaking scared on a wedding day. I was scared I was going to a REALLY bad job and the bride would not like me. At all. So really, I was even scared of the bride. I believe it hindered me from doing the job as well as I could have if I had not been shaking in my shoes. The beginning of this year, there was a shift in me. There was tears and some tough questions. I look back to this as a turning point in myself. Here I made a vow to myself, either I was going to do this wedding thing and do it to the best of my ability….or I was not going to do it at all. I knew if I quit then, it would be based on fear. I was not going to quite out of fear. So I continued. With focus. And determination. And a renewed sense of purpose. Today…I look back at these 2011 weddings with fondness.

2011 Brides. And grooms too. =)

Mollie and Mike

Kiki and Tom

Natalie and Eric

Denae and Andy

Heather and Ryan

Brittany and Jason

Laura and Derek

Emily and Tom

Jen and Adam

Rachel and John

Sarah and Shane

Brittany and Chris

And one from Brittany’s bridal session.