On friday, I enjoyed coffee and some creative time with Leah and Kendall on Cherry Street. Even though the heat was horrendous, it was such a refreshing day spent with these precious women and it was such a blessing for me to get back into being creative with them.
I know what you're thinking- you're a photographer, your job is to be creative. Yes, it is.. to an extent, and a lot of the issue has been my fault. I have been more than overwhelmed by business and life lately, with a to do list longer than I can even bear to think about. Because of that, I have just shut down. I've been frozen by the amount of things that I wanted to do as a business owner, but knew that I didn't have time for. Consequently, that has also frozen the creative part of my life, and the most creative I've been lately is through posting some (hopefully cool) pictures on instagram. Honestly, that's not enough for me. I know that, and God has been trying to show that to me as well. He knows how stressed I've been, and He has blessed me with sweet friends who have unknowingly pushed me back into being creative (thanks Leah, Rae, Kendall, etc), He has given me some awesome solutions on how I can run a part-time business without beating myself up for not being able to provide the kind of service that a full-time business can, and He has presented some really amazing opportunities my way that I am incredibly stoked to be a part of (I promise I'll talk about all of this later & in more detail). Long story short, taking these pictures on Friday reignited my passion for my business. I was so burnt out on thinking about all of the things to do design, setting up my website, ordering booklets and wrapping paper and boxes and order forms and the list could go on forever. Spending a short amount of time capturing God's beauty in Leah and Kendall made me realize again that this journey as a business owner should be enjoyed and cherished, which I had so terribly lost sight of.
So, on Friday the three of us met for coffee at the Coffee House on Cherry Street (CHOCS) and caught up on life. Since Leah and I had last seen Kendall, she had planned a wedding, gotten married (a month ago today!!!), quit her job, started classes at TCC, and now she's working to build her portfolio for her own photography business! Afterwards, we took a stroll down the block from CHOCS and found this beautiful crepe myrtle and cute apartment building that made excellent backdrops for us to snap some pictures with each other.
All of the above pictures were taken by me, but the following pictures were taken by Leah! She has such a talent and I am seriously going to take advantage of it and train her to second shoot for me at weddings. Seriously though, like, I'm so in love with these pictures. The pictures of Kendall are just so fabulous, capturing her beautiful profile. Then, when I came across the ones of me, I was so thrilled. I feel so beautiful when I look at these pictures, which is such an accomplishment for any photographer.
All of these pictures were taken with my Canon 5D Mark ii, but Kendall uses (and loves) the Canon 7D. I also took some film pictures during this mini photoshoot, so I hope to post those and some of Kendall's pictures soon!
I hope everyone is enjoying their day off today! Much love, Abbey.
If you want to see more of our photography/life you can find us on instagram:
Kendall- @kendallleigh123 + @kendallleighphotography, Leah- @leahhxlala, and me- @abbeyroad29.
