While I have always felt drawn to photography, the practical side of me never considered it as a true career. Instead, I pursued another passion of mine, which is to care for people. I graduated with my RN-BSN and worked in the ICU for 6 years before life changes allowed me to be a stay at home mother to my then two children.  

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Eventually, I found I needed something to work on, something to challenge myself in, something in which I could work hard, and grow. I bought my camera and a 50mm lens, and started pursuing photography with very little knowledge at all. My goals were not just to take snapshots of my kids though. I KNEW I wanted to create photos that moved people. That when you see them, you felt something that words couldn't describe. I joined professional photography groups all over Facebook because I knew that even though I was not one of them yet, that was where I wanted to be. I learned through them, through Youtube, and through endless trial and error. As my skills grew, and I had more requests for my photography, I knew I wanted to pursue this in an official way. However I had to find a name to file for my LLC, and I agonized over it for months. I wanted it to be something that was especially meaningful to me, something that embodied what I was trying to pursue with my business. When I thought of what type of photography I wanted to pursue, I didn't necessarily have a specific area such as just children, or just weddings, etc. What mattered to me was the connection I would have with the people I was photographing. I wanted to photograph Kindred Spirits.

 

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“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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