The past few months have been a whirlwind. I’ve basically been living every moment of every day and night playing catch-up and hoping I can make my many deadlines.
I am thankful that I am busy, and I know I am blessed to be that. I see the light at the end of the tunnel, with January just around the corner. I will finally have some time to focus on some new and exciting business details (I have an amazing studio now!), and to live my life without a super long list of folders full of hundreds of photos to edit on my computer.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I am so excited to dive in to each and every one of these folders in front of me and re-live each wedding day, and each photo shoot, and deliver something I am proud of to every one of my clients who have been patiently waiting to see their images.
However, it is so frustrating to have the feeling of being even just a little bit behind on my list of things to do. So many things become a priority, that eventually it feels like every task is mandatory to do NOW. At this moment, I want to be able to tell every client in waiting, “your images are ready!”. I couldn’t do that without knowing I didn’t put my BEST into them. That is what is most important to me and what has been from the moment I started this journey with a business in photography. I only deliver my best, and what I am proud of.
With the holidays coming up soon, it’s a pressing time for professional photographers. Clients want their images finished yesterday, so they can have them for their family get-together, or so they can start working on this year’s holiday cards. To be honest, it is definitely a weight on my shoulders knowing how many people are out there, waiting on me, wondering when I will be done… and trust me, it is such a relief to hear those beautiful words, “I love them, it was so worth the wait!”
Each day brings progress, and I truly appreciate the fact that I have clients who know that their photos are a creative process for me, and that my goal is to get them finished as soon as it is possible.
And to end this long post of reflection and gratitude, I am adding this image of a quote from Steve Prefontaine, because it fits nicely with how I feel during this busy season.
P.S. If you haven’t noticed, I sort of dropped off the bandwagon with posting on my blog. I still plan to post my photography experiences from this year when I dwindle down my client to-do list, but blog posts definitely took a back seat sometime around June this year. I look forward to posting in here more often!
