Where you Belong

There something to be said for just knowing where you belong...

For me, this fall has been an incredible journey...I've been busier than I've ever been and my style has morphed and changed and back again and then I have slowly become more confident in the style and moments that I want to capture.  I don't "get it" 100% of the time, but that's the beauty of artistry...it can ebb and flow with you, with clients' dynamics, with location & weather...everything plays a part..and that's what always keeps it interesting and challenging and keeps me coming back for more :)

This photography "trek" is not just a job for me...it's a part of myself...and while that is not only something that makes me incredibly vulnerable, it is also something that I'm learning to value more and more...being a people pleaser by nature, I sometimes find it difficult to know just where I belong because I try so hard to fit into everyone's "ideal" of what I should be...

am I the only one that struggles with that?

Have I lost half my audience at this point with my "emotional" talk?

I'm just throwin' it out there...I think everyone wants to know that they belong somewhere...that they fit...that they have found their niche'...and I also believe that it's always changing, because we all grow and mature and have different goals and fears that sometimes seem to change like the wind...

I know that my goal this winter is to continue to evaluate and grow and learn how to pull out the interactions by creating the situations for my clients to be REAL in their moments...so I can capture a season of LIFE for them...

These little ones know where they belong...they are secure in the arms of the ones that shower them with love & protection...

It's been passed down through the generations already...

Hugging and laughing and saying silly things...it's those expressions and words of affirmation that make even the youngest at heart, KNOW that they are where they belong...

I love the times of instruction & play...of just letting everything else go because it's not what matters RIGHT NOW, in this moment!...

These two are learning this...even now...they know where they belong, to whom they belong...and because of that, they freely give that same reassurance to others...what a beautiful legacy!