5 Years ago when my son was born, my husband I decided that the best thing for our family was for me to quit my job and stay home to raise our family until they started school, then I would hopefully be able to work from home as a photographer and make my hours based on what was best for my family. The plan was to grow the business slowly. And always put my family first. I have been  very, very lucky to have had such amazing success with my photography and the demand in the last year has been completely unexpected and overwhelming. But it has come at a price. Because my kids are my priority, my workday starts when they head to bed. Anyone other than a photographer would never think that a 2 hour family photography session would result in 10+ hours of editing, organizing, packaging, etc. A wedding? Between the engagement session and the wedding plus all the meetings, emails and phone calls in between before the actual wedding day, then the days upon days of editing, burning disks, double checking everything, I go literally weeks without spending any alone time with my husband.

The last month has been very quiet around here. I have been focusing on me and my family. It has been glorious. I have been to bed before midnight every single night. My husband and I have even watched TV together. Alone. I have been well rested in the morning. I haven’t been stressed out. I have been the Mommy that I am supposed to be. The last few weeks I have also been weighing heavily the future of my photography business. Something has to give. And it can’t be my family. For the sake of my marriage and my children I have decided to take some personal time off. I’m not putting down my camera. Actually I’m planning on using it. A lot. I have a couple of personal projects I am working on to spur my creativity. I have some workshops am planning on doing. But I won’t be booking any weddings at all and I won’t be taking any paid clients for family or newborn sessions until my daughter starts pre-school in the fall.  Once September comes around I will have a limited number of sessions each month available for booking.

I thank all of my friends, family and clients for their support and their understanding.