Reflecting.

So I had a little down time, so I decided to review all of my past blogs, starting with the first one, in February.

Even though it was only 8 months ago, I've changed so much. I was so silly! Seeing my first pics that I "edited" were hilarious. I thought I was a hotshot because I could change the lighting. LOL. Too funny. Kinda lame too. Ha!

Really though, that is one of the reasons I even created this blog, was to track my progress as I make my way through professional photography. Never did I think it would be this hard. All the things I've had to learn, all the things I STILL need to learn...shoot, the list goes on. All the technicallities to taking a single picture, which are easy to do now, but 8 months ago...ha!

And school is a whole other issue. Don't know if I've mentioned it on here, but in April I enrolled into the Photography Institute digital photography program, and it's sooooooo hard! I'm the kind of person who buys on impulse, bad, I know, but I'm working on it. Anyway, I suppose I should have shopped around for my education a little more than I did because there are a lot of things that I'm having to learn that I will never use. Sounds like high school right? It's just frustrating because there are so many other things I would rather be doing than learning about 100 year old film cameras!

Now I feel better. :)

I also created this blog as free therapy to myself, lol!

I've also made the decision, which is making me be financially smart as well, lol, I've decided to put off buying the big Photoshop CS5 (it's like $700) until I am a freakin pro with Photoshop Elements. Make sense? Unless someone wants to buy it for me, then by all means :) Kidding.

And I've done two weddings! That still blows me away! I would have never thought 8 months ago, that I would have shot two weddings. That's a big, scary deal! Go me!

So I'm done feeling all nostalgic. I'm proud of myself, of the progress I've made in essentially teaching myself a new trade that is WAY different than I thought it would ever be. More importantly, I still LOVE it! :)

I've got lots of shoots lined up within the next few weeks, which I am SO excited about! LOTS and LOTS of pictures to come soon!

-NSP