Ever since I was a little girl, I have been obsessed with photography. I would beg my mom to let me take her camera with me every where I went, since I was about 7 years old. Sometimes she would say no, but majority of the times she would say yes and I remember just being so thrilled. I would bring it to sleepovers with me friends or just carry it around the house and take an absurd amount of pictures lol. I would take so many selfies with that little camera. When I was about 10 years old I started making my friends do certain poses and I would pretend like I was a professional photographer. I think I just loved posing people, pushing that button, and showing off all my pictures to my mom. When my friends would tell me to put the camera down I would just say "your going to be happy one day when we have all these pictures to look back on and. you will thank me." (9 years later I'm still saying that to my friends haha).

When I started high school my freshman year I signed up for photography 1. I loved that class so much. I remember my first project was making a camera out of a shoe box and it was soo cool. I remember that feeling in the dark room as I watched the picture develop and actually turn out, I was so amazed. I took photography 2 the next semester and learned even more. Sadly, by the end of my freshman year I had taken all the photography classes my school had to offer so I had to find something else. I talked to my grandma and she took me to creve cour camera store. I was sooo excited! She bought me my very first DSLR camera, a canon rebel t7. And for my birthday she gifted me the best gift ever- a membership that allowed me to take any of the photography classes they offered at the St. Louis School of Photography. I was so thrilled and to this day I am still so thankful for that. I continued my education in photography, practiced on real models, and learned so much. My friends and I would go to downtown St. Louis all the time so I could take pictures of them. I loved seeing their faces when they saw a picture I took of them that they just looked so beautiful in. It made me so happy being able to show them the beauty I saw in them.

Everyone told me I needed to make an instagram page for my photography and make it into a business but I just never did. I continued taking pictures all the time of friends and family but never went out of my comfort zone. Until finally in October of 2019 something in me changed and I just decided to go for it. I think the reason I didn't do it when I was younger was because I was afraid of not being good enough, or not succeeding. But I just finally told myself, Im never going to succeed if I never try. And honestly I've never looked back. Starting this business is the best thing that ever happened to me. The first thing I did was post in a local facebook group an advertisement for mini sessions, I was so amazed at the turn out. I had so many people interested and I was so happy. I captured 10 different families fall pictures that day, I went home and edited them and just knew, this was made for me. This is exactly what I wanted to do. I loved everything about it. I loved getting to meet people, see the cutest little kids, make people happy, and get to just create memories. Then the next week I booked my first wedding, and was just so grateful I made that first step to start this journey.

Since then my business has grown so much, I now have 8 weddings booked for 2020 and am continuing doing family, portrait, and couple sessions on the side. Ive had so much help along the way and know there is still so much more room to learn and grow. Im so thankful for my first bride, who let a girl who started her photography business 2 months before shoot her beautiful wedding. Im thankful for Sierra, owner of Ozark Mtn Images, who taught me so much in the business aspect and is always there to answer my random questions. I'm thankful for my friends who would always model for me and for my family who support my business so much. I love photography so much and can not wait to see where this leads my life.