Day 8: My lapse back into photography.

A photo from Carrie and Andy's engagement shoot which I did today with the help of my awesome roommate, Jenny.

I always say I'm gonna be done with it, that I'm not going to make it into a business. And then wedding season comes around and I always end up doing it again. Why, you ask? Because I ENJOY IT. It's my art, my passion. It mixes my favorite subject (people) with my second favorite muse (emotion). My favorite things to shoot are weddings- the happiness you see in people is found first in marriage, second in the birth of children. Since I don't really want to take pictures of babies being birthed (yeah, uhhhhh, that sounds awful), I think I'll stick with weddings.

I was able to do another engagement shoot in September and the bride-to-be asked me today if I would shoot her wedding. I was ECSTATIC. They are a very fun couple and I can't wait to take photos of their big day! My cousin, Luke, is also getting married this summer and his bride-to-be asked me to be the second photographer for the day. Score! I get to do candids all day, which are by far my favorite part of shooting a wedding. Capturing raw emotion. I think my friend Vicci asked me to shoot her wedding at the end of July... I think she was serious! I sure hope so, because I really want to do it. This one's in another state and I haven't travelled to shoot a wedding since Mattie and Candice's wedding in January of 2009 (which was in Alabama... and WARM. So perfect). Needless to say, I'm excited at the possibility of traveling to shoot a wedding again and perhaps getting my favorite road tripper involved in it with me (Nicole, did you really think I wouldn't ask you?).

Jenny's friend is letting us do maternity portraits for her in February. I'm so excited, I've never been able to be a part of a maternity shoot before! Secretly I've always wanted to do one... not the cheesy ones with the paint on the belly, just one that uses lighting and makes having a baby look elegant.

Woo-hoo!! I like photography!!