A Little Honesty Time...//Greenville, SC Birth Photographer // Lifestyle, Documentary Photographer

Guys, I’m the WORST at follow-through. This job is my dream, and I’m definitely in it for the long-haul, but sometimes I get tired of keeping up with it on social media. Trying to win with SEO and hashtags and locations, it gets really tedious and really old, really fast.

Now I’m not complaining- I LOVE that I’m living my dream. I love that I’m doing work that I’ve always hoped I’d do. I’m proud of the pictures I’ve taken and I can’t WAIT to take more! I just get tired of the leg-work side of it. The business side of it. The part where I don’t interact with people, don’t focus on my art. The part where I’m looking at budgets and taxes and algorithms that I don’t understand but that somehow are the engine behind my visibility online.

All that gets old. It makes me tired. It makes me question.

But then something happens like what happened yesterday. I see people like https://birthphotographers.com/, followed by doulas around the world posting and reposting this image of mine, and I remember why I do the leg-work. I remember why I do the hard parts of owning a business. I do it because these photos matter. Taking these types of photos breathes life into my soul. It awakens something in my brain that precious little ever touches. Being asked to take photos where you’re guaranteed the right place and the right time is a dream. Shooting for clients who trust, appreciate, and value your work is a dream. Seeing new life born into our world is a dream.

I do the hard work because at the end of the day, this job is what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. Wherever I live, whatever changes, this is what I want to be able to offer the world.