Inspired Images by Nadia

What comes first . . .

My family comes first before photography. This is why I have tried to not get caught up in taking more sessions than I could handle like many newbie photographers have done. And this is also why I do not sell myself short. Yes, I could have so many sessions and bring home a great deal of money from all those sessions. I could also under sell myself to get more clients…I could cheapen my work to get the money and fill that passion I have for photography.

I could do all these things and I would have so many clients I would not know if I was coming or going. However, do I want my son to know me as a photographer or as his mama? Or do I want my husband to know me as a photographer or as his wife? Do I want my family and friends to know they can count on me or will I be too busy with work?

I want my legacy to be that of a good Christian mother, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, daughter-in-law and friend.

Many times photographers who are true artist are taken for granted. Many do not see the painstaking hours we spend pouring our hearts into images. One doesn’t see how we try to make each image look like a work of art, or how we treat images as if they were images of our own family. True photographers have an emotional connection with our work. We do not just “click the shutter” and put the pictures online with little thought as to how the images look and what emotional connection they portray. Some artists may begin to cheapen their work by not charging what it is worth and or not charging for the hours upon hours of painstaking editing spent on the works of art. If we try to lower the value of our work to compete with other photographers who put little to no effort into the end product….we have in essence lost a piece of our soul. We have sold out. We lose our passion….our drive. We are no longer artists, but "shutter clickers".