I’m excited for 2011 — can it get here already?  I have so many ideas brainstormed that I’m having head and heart explosions.

I don’t, however, want to forget about 2010 and how remarkable it has been.  I’ve been in business a year and a half now (full time photographer since May 2010) and sometimes it feels like forever … while other times I sit and wonder how this all happened so quickly — how it feels like only yesterday I was sitting in an office at a comfy state job, thinking I’d just go through the motions my whole life … envying people making a living in the arts.

People, follow your dreams.  Does that sound cliche?  Who cares — some cliches exist for good reason.  Life is too short to go through the motions.  When you chase what you are passionate about, you’ll come into contact with an endless variety of other passionate people.  These are the people I am so lucky and thrilled to be sharing life with now.  To dream, run, play, travel the world, shoot, and just relax with.  I can’t believe what the past year has brought.  Being a photographer has fulfilled me and made me, well, me again.  That girl who spent most her life (until mid-college and a few years after … those years I started settling for security) creating and getting lost in new ideas.  I am a better person because I’m exploring the things I feel made to do — no longer negative, bored, or insecure (not all the time, anyway :)).  I can give and be more to others because I am pursuing what matters most to me.

2010, you’ve been amazing.  2011, I have even bigger hopes for you.  Thank you to all my beyond-words-amazing clients and new friends.

As you can see, it was difficult for me to narrow down my favorites.  This is in large part because I have creative clients with great taste.  They are absolutely the BEST and I feel so grateful to have met, worked with, and become friends with them.  Thanks for the past year, everyone!!

xoxo,

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