2015 has likely been my busiest year yet. We had a full travel schedule on top of all the amazing family sessions I have lined up here in Colorado and at the very beginning of the year when I began booking we were ready to take it all on. My husband is my assistant and comes to just about every session and is tremendously helpful, so when I travel for work he is my sidekick of sorts. We found out this Spring we were expecting another sweet child this winter and had to pare way back on some of our travels due to some unforeseen circumstances and it was hard. It was not only disheartening because many of the bookings we had were repeat clients from previous travel sessions and I was looking forward to really seeing them again, but it is hard to admit sometimes… it is hard to admit that maybe we just can’t do it all. For a short while in fact it felt something like defeat, but I realized that this is what needed to happen to properly take care of our family and sometimes sacrifices do need to be made. Why am I rambling on about this you might be asking? Well for one I do get the “How do you do it all?”, question quite a bit and I am sure from the outside, being a mother of five and running a full time business- it may just seem like I must have it all together. The truth is really sometimes you need to look from the outside and see that you really just don’t have it all together. Usually when that happens you also learn that something has to give. I work not just for the love of Photography (which I have a very healthy dose of) but more than anything for my family. I work to not only support them but to give them a life they are deserving of. And more than anything money can buy, they are deserving of their Mother’s time. So that is where I was at this point in the summer time. This was one of my California families. I met them first last year when I had the honor of photographing their family on a California beach almost exactly a year a go to the month. I just loved them from the start. From this Mama’s sweet demeanor to their free spirited children, to their calm and awesome Dad…it was just a joy to spend the hour with them there. When I had to e-mail to cancel their California session for the reasons mentioned above, I was besides myself when Mr. Z messaged me shortly after I chatted with his sweet wife to let me know they planned to fly out to Colorado to come see me. I am SO happy they did. We spent the most amazing time and I was excited we got to spend much more than the hour we initially planned on. I know our paths will hopefully some day cross again. I know if this Mama was closer we would be fast friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Z family for coming out this way and allowing me to photograph that gorgeous family of yours!
I also have an update on 2015 Fall Sessions. I am now completely booked for this year (again). Thank you SO much as well to all that have messaged to inquire. I will have something special around Black Friday to get the ball rolling on 2016 sessions.
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