Unexpected Diversion

We all know I like photography. You're no stranger to the thousands of pictures of my horses that I take!

It started with favors for friends - yes, I will take pictures of your horse at that event we're going to. Then, hey can I get my kids in a picture? How about a grad photoshoot? Would you do a horse show?

 

Can you see where this is going? I've been digging in my heels about making money from it. It's supposed to be a hobby, I'm already very busy, I don't want the pressure, there are plenty of more talented people out there, blah, blah, blah.

Vaulting, in her grad dress, on the beach? Too cool to not share somewhere.

Fast forward a little, and this summer it feels like I have more requests than I have time for. I have more 'real' (data and GIS analyst) work than I can handle, so eventually there had to be a financial incentive to make the time out to take and edit photos make sense. I still am terrible about charging friends, but I am getting better ;) So, somehow I am now a person with a small photography business? I feel supremely unqualified, but equally it's so much fun. 

The diversion is suiting me. This feels like a good space to share some of the neat images I get to create, but I also wanted to write this post as a semi disclaimer before you see pictures of strange horses added here and there to my accounts - they're not mine! I am not buying more horses :D

These three are realistically one too many, but here we are.