2019, A Year for the Books

This year, I had half the number of photo sessions as I did in 2018. I keep a running tally of sessions on an Excel spreadsheet to make sure I keep track of what's to come, what's already happened, what's due, and what's unpaid. I kind of thought I failed for a bit, that somehow my business was shrinking instead of growing. Somehow, my income tripled. My heart grew about fifteen sizes, too. 2019 was the year I came into my own as a photographer. I stopped calling myself new. I stopped referring people elsewhere for sessions I was afraid of. I took on a larger variety of projects to learn and practice. I was invited into more homes than ever, more private spaces of others than most people see in a lifetime.

In 2019, I committed to telling stories honestly. Not every image I shoot looks the same. I don't always edit consistently. I do, however, make sure it feels right every time. That the composition, the lighting, the textures, and the tone speak to the emotion I aimed to capture. From babies to marriages, I photographed it all this year. In this post, I intended to include 19 images in honor of seeing out 2019, but somehow the list stacked to 30. These images were chosen for many reasons. Be it style or sentiment, they all feel really special. If I know one thing, it's that I love documenting real life. Thank you to everyone who let me in enough to do so.