Love + Ellefsen
Nicole and Adam are my dream clients. They were so laid back and easy to work with through the wedding-prep process and I felt like they totally trusted me. This was my first solo wedding and I cannot believe how smoothly everything went. I was so nervous, a feeling that I’m pretty sure you never shake right before a big moment. Whether it’s a birth or a wedding, both of those life-moments come with a type of worry only reserved for high-stakes, you-got-one-shot, type of events. As I’m sure we all know, these aren’t really days you can redo should anything go awry (hi, I feel ALL the pressure).
I’ll be totally honest with you. I panicked.
About a week before (and somewhat impulsively) I purchased some new equipment and gear. This meant that my “profit margin” for the wedding was virtually zero BUT I wanted to feel prepared and confident (as much as possible anyway) for their day. I wanted to make sure that I did EVERYTHING I could to protect their day. I take the investment my clients pay so very seriously. I know that it’s often a big expense for my families and that’s why I want to make sure I’m overdelivering whenever possible.
I’ve often struggled with imposter syndrome and felt a little bit like a phony. I love what I do but oftentimes it’s hard to value your work and your time and your skill. If you love what you do it can be harder to view it as work and even harder to charge appropriately for something that you feel brings you so much joy. Especially when “work” means running around a field with people, laughing and rolling around in the grass. Especially when it means you get to be the fly on the wall at a wedding and you get to capture all the secret moments that only a few people will witness. When you get to capture grandmas and grandpas looking at the family they created, every generation all together. When you catch 3 generations in your frame, each of them enjoying the moment. When you see mom or dad smiling, with a lifetime of stories in their eyes.
I love being the person that gets to witness both the BIG moments of a wedding day and the tiny, seemingly insignificant moments. The ones that maybe you don’t realize are important until you see them. The unposed, natural, fun and full of love moments. I love being able to be fully present. And I love that my clients can relax, trusting that I will be there for allll the moments.
When my clients gush about how much they love their images, I truly feel a beaming kind of joy. I love delivering images that capture how truly, wonderfully, beautiful my clients are. I love it when they see themselves the way I do. No crazy poses, nothing really forced. Just people, natural, living and loving and being together. You don’t need to do a lot to capture the beauty in that, you just need to be present for it.
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