I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  I have the best, most supportive friends EVER.  It’s been less than a year since I legally incorporated this passion of mine and it has kept me busy enough to justify scaling back at my nursing job to stay home and pursue whatever this is to become for me and my family.  I have loved the time back with my daughter, the nights spent in my bed instead of in my scrubs, and all of the fantastic people I have met along the way – clients who have become friends and other photographers who have become mentors.  But none of this could even be true if it weren’t for the friends who took a chance on me and allowed me to photograph them to build my portfolio…this is especially true of my friends who have allowed me to photograph their new families – their newborn…their whole world.  They could pick any photographer they could find on google…all of the hundreds of beyond talented artists that have years of experience and proof that they can produce images that others (like me!) could not…but they chose me.  They trusted me and they gave me experience…and with experience comes knowledge and with knowledge comes improvement.  And with improvement comes confidence…confidence not that I am better than anyone (except myself!) but confidence that with time and patience and persistence, I will one day be the artist that I aspire to be.  I have never considered myself an artist until now…and that’s just kinda cool.  Because somedays, with a CPR card and nursing license in my wallet, I have a hard time calling myself a photographer.  But I am.  And it’s all thanks to these people for helping me to prove it to myself…and cheering me on the whole way.

All that to say, I got to spend (not enough!) time with my beautiful friend, Anna, and her sweet new family of three a few weeks ago.  She had enough faith in me to fly me to her home in Charleston to document her sweet new babe and the beginning of the rest of her life.  And I, for one, am forever grateful and humbled…and sitting here staring at my favorite collection of images ever.  It does help that they are of some of my favorite people ever…but still.  Caroline Fair, you have a piece of my heart that was lost the day I bumped into your mommy for that first time in Athens.  I cannot wait to watch you grow into the beautiful, smart little girl that I know your parents will raise you to be.

Love.