How I Got Here:

Sometimes it still feels so weird that I get to do photography as my real, actual job! This was never my dream job growing up, or anything I ever seriously considered, but it is something that has always intrigued me. Growing up, I always longed to take pictures of the things around me when my family would travel or whenever a creative idea would pop into my head. My sister in-law saw this desire in me when I would visit, and her and my brother were sweet enough to get me my first camera for Christmas my sophomore year of high school! I loved taking pictures whenever I got the chance, and I always saw it as a fun hobby that I could use to bless other people.

Fast forward to the fall of my sophomore year of college- Christmas was coming and my minimum wage job wasn't going to cut it for the gifts that I needed to get for my friends and fam. I had already been doing shoots for free the previous 3 years, so I decided to officially advertise my services for a cost! I booked 5 sessions for $75 each (which I was absolutely floored by) and travelled all over Colorado to take pictures for friends and strangers who had hired me. From that point forward, people continued to book me and I absolutely loved the rush I felt from giving people photos that they could cherish for years to come.

Since then, I have spent hours and hours refining my craft and trying to get better as I gain experience, invest in better equipment, work on my client experience, and learn to handle the million little things required of owning a small business. I have grown to fall in love with this business, and I truly cannot thank the people enough who have continued to invest in me by hiring me, referring me, or even following me on Instagram. It's such an inexpressible gift to be thriving this early in my journey of becoming a photographer, and I truly cannot wait to see what the future has in store.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for being here and considering me to handle your life's most precious moments!

xoxo,

Haley