Monday, May 27, 2013

A beginning

This blog has been a slow process.  I had the idea to have a photography blog almost as soon as I began to take pictures as a job.  I secured the Blogger site last year.  I began the branding and design process with my wonderful friend and mentor Ellie months ago.  And now, here I am, starting my photography blog.

Welcome.



I love to tell stories, and always have.  Sometimes I like to make up stories, and sometimes I like to tell stories that are true.  But until I discovered photography, I never had a way to illustrate these stories (you don't want to see me attempt to draw anything, trust me).  This blog will be a place to illustrate the lives of the many dear families, couples, and individuals I have been blessed to photograph.  Some of my more personal stories and photographs are on my personal blog, Diana Droppings (I promise the name has a good story behind it).  Please make yourself at home in both of these places.



One of the first "assignments" I had when working on the concepts behind this blog and my business was to select three words that best describe what I want to convey with my photos.  Those words are:

Genuine.  Sincere emotion.  Real life.  Authentic stories.  I want you to feel like you know the subjects behind the photos.

Joyful.  To me, joy is deeper than happiness.  It is a great delight caused by something that is exceptionally good or satisfying.  Joy comes from the Creator, not the circumstance.  Even when life is hard, there is joy.

Beloved.  This is one of the sweetest words I know, used to describe those that are most cherished.  As it says in the Bible, Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.  ~1 John 4:7  I want my photographs to show the love that we have for each other, and that God has for us.


And that precisely is why I do what I do.  I hope you find joy here in my space.

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