The Greatest of Thank You's!

If you told me in high school that by the age of twenty-two I would have started my own photography business, I would have laughed in your face. I'm twenty-five now and wouldn't have my life any other way. But it didn't start out this way, I had, had plans of being a forensic psychiatrist and was going to move to New Orleans to start my practice after college. I was accepted at Eastern Michigan University and soon realized that I didn't want to wake up everyday as a psychiatrist. Many of my friend's were "art majors," ranging from painting to graphic design and it seemed like they had fun. They were always being creative and their homework consisted of "design an event flyer," not "write a eight page paper on the Freudian Theory." I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do instead and I remembered that I had won 2nd place in my high school's art show for a photo I'd taken, and since I didn't have any creative tactile talent, I transferred to Washtenaw Community College and pursued an Associates of Applied Sciences in Photographic Technology...just a fancy way of saying I officially know how to produce a photograph.

I had always known that I wasn't meant to work for someone else (just ask my father), I wanted to dance to my own drummer. I'd photographed a wedding and a couple other sessions in 2007, but in 2008 I photographed my first paid senior session, thus launching my career. Now after many, many business names, countless logo redesigns (I couldn't come up with something that sounded professional and looked professional at the same time), and three years of learning how to run a small business, I have a growing business in a struggling economy (don't ask me how I managed that one, I'm still trying to figure that out lol). But none of this would be possible without very loyal and awesome clients. I LOVE everyone I've worked with and I truly mean that. Each year I gain more and more business, I get presented with new opportunities I would never dream of having and I am so grateful for the chance to make a career out of something I adore doing.

So to all my new, old and future clients:
Thank You!!

From the bottom of my heart,
Natalie