I am starting a new adventure in life. It caught me by surprise. I've been struggling with this ever since I quit work as an Interior Designer to become a mom. One day those little ones would grow up enough that I would/could/might? go back to work. Thing is...I didn't want to return to Design. I loved it for the time it was in my life, but I didn't love the stress, crazy rules (building codes suck) and stress. But what do I do with my life? I don't want to go back to school to learn something new and I wouldn't know what to pick either. Even if I wanted to go back to Interior Design, D's job makes that almost impossible. Designers need to build up a reputation in a company, that can take years. As soon as things became comfortable, we would have to move again. I also have to consider those 3 little munchkins of mine. I am a mom first, how do I balance a career when there are sick kids, summer breaks, after school activities? I want to be there for my kids when they get home from school. I need to be there when they need me. With that said, having another income would be nice, but I need it to be on my terms. I am a creative person, I need to create to be happy.
Then like lightening, it hit me. Okay probably not that fast, but the thoughts and ideas came out of the blue and from a place I never expected or considered. I have become good friends with a local photographer. She took my family pictures this last November and that's when I was hit by lightening. I could do THIS. So that's what I have been working on. I am going to be a photographer. I am starting slow, but as soon as the baby is ready for school, I will be ready to take this on full time. So for now, I will be taking jobs here and there to build my portfolio and honing my skills and style. I created a new blog, specifically for my photography. michelleyoungphotography.blogspot.com. I can't promise I'll post everyday on it. I don't do that here, so I am pretty sure I won't do it there either. It's a start, and I'm very excited for this new creative venture in my life.
April 17, 2013
January 20, 2013
Pictures, Lots of Pictures
My name is Jocelyn, I like to eat tubs of lotion.
Nothing more fun than a trampoline snow ball fight.
Out enjoying the nice weather
January 19, 2013
Sampling
I am trying something new and using some old knowledge to do it. I have been a fan of photography for a long time. A closet fan. I never got around to taking very many pictures. A few here and there, but for the most part, I am sure no one ever thought of me and a camera in the same breath of thought. I had so many other things I enjoyed doing, adding photography too it seemed like I was trying to do too much. Recently I decided I didn't care. I wanted to learn photography. It didn't matter that I was taking on one more hobby. I wanted to learn how to make beautiful pictures, to capture those images I see everyday that stop be and make me look closer. Because I have always seen those thing, always, for as long as I can remember. But, I've never been able to capture them properly. This was always frustrating to me, so I just assumed photography wasn't for me. I couldn't translate the beautiful image I saw into one other people could see.
I realized after my family photo session that the problem, the real problem was my camera. I needed the camera, the big camera, the heavy camera, the one that scared me. THAT camera would allow me to capture my vision, assuming I could learn how to use it.
After a lot of research and a lot of help for other photographer friends, I found my camera. We are getting along much better today than the first few days of our meeting. I was so overwhelmed I wanted to say forget it, I'll shoot on Auto. But I kept at it, and am still keeping at it. Seriously you can't learn to shoot great pictures in a few days. It's getting easier but I have so much still to learn and practice. I can't wait for spring and all the beautiful flowers to bloom so I can get out there and explore and take tons of pictures.
These pictures where taken with my old point and shoot while the kids and I were out on walks in the beautiful December weather of Arizona. I really have a thing for Macro Photography. I just love getting right up close and in your face.
I still have so much to learn. I want to try my hand at portrait photography. I may convince some of my friends to let me shoot a family session for them once I get a little more comfortable with my camera.
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