I am just realizing that this month (March ’12) marks the TEN year anniversary of my photography business! It’s a funny thing, how it all got started. I was watching Discovery Health channel over the in the UK, where I lived at the time, and I was one month away from having El. I was sitting there with one of my very best friends, Susan, once our Nanny, who was equally pregnant at the time. We were watching Baby Week on Discovery and saw a feature on a photographer in California who was photographing expectant women and their families at the beach. I thought out loud how awesome it would be to have photos like that taken of us.
Susan said, “Well, why don’t YOU take them?”
“ME??”
“Of course YOU!”
Although I have always been artistic I never put art and money together. Hmmm, I COULD do this couldn’t I? ‘Of course you can’ she said.
“What are you doing now?”
“Nuthing…”
“Want to give it a go?
“Sure!”
So I lathered her pregnant belly up in baby oil, wrapped her in silk and set up an impromptu “set” in my office. (It’s amazing what you can do with bed sheets and a desk lamp!)
A week later I had the photo published in the local paper. and VIOLA – a photography business was born. I got a call that same day, and so it began.
Imagine my surprise when, exactly a year later, I myself was featured on Baby Week on the Discovery Channel. That five minute feature really launched the business, and it was something I was able to continue up until my return to the States, when it took more of a back seat.
So, the launching of a local studio is nothing short of a miracle really, and it’s kind of neat that it comes at the ten-year mark.
So I hope you will join me in celebrating this little achievement on
Friday, April 6, 2012
6-8pm
44 Maple Street
Suite 1
Danvers – (Just above Goodies!)
Everyone who comes gets a complimentary head shot for their social media pages or blog!
Hope to see you there!
If you could RSVP on my facebook event page so I could get a headcount, I’d appreciate it.
