2024 Done, 2025 - bring it!
I know, I know… I missed December!
(Photos in this blog, are some of my favourites from 2024)
Honestly between you and me, I’m surprised I’ve managed to only miss one month, it’s been a busy year and I’ve never been able to keep a journal! (Part of me is glad about that, I suspect reading the thoughts of teenage me, would be extremely cringey now!)
So 2024 is over, and what a year it was! I met some amazing people, photographed memorable weddings, took headshots for customers of LinkedIn at their Talent Connect UK event, ran a headshot booth in the Excel Centre in London for monday.com/LinkedIn, photographed various local events, client events and even an amazing dance show in December.
A talented dancer, frozen in time, floating in the air.
I got to travel with the job, with several trips to London, and visited a lot of gorgeous local beaches and venues around Cornwall! Naturally I’m hoping for a booking that takes me to Europe, I do love Italy…hint, hint!
Still can not believe that this is my life now, I get to meet wonderful people, see lots of places and take photos!
Mother and son celebrating a beautiful wedding on the beach.
2024 was my first year back as a full time photographer - it was a big decision to make, and one I’m immensely happy to have made, this said, I’d be a liar if I didn’t tell you that I was incredibly nervous to make this move!
It had been some time since I last did photography professionally, and starting from scratch again - going from a comfortable job and risking it all, was, if not a little mad, certainly un-nerving!
Well 2025 is here now, and looking back, I know I made the right decision,, it’s been an amazing journey, and I am grateful to everyone I met last year, who’s days I captured, or those I connected with professionally, you made that journey possible, so thank you!
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Mark Twain
I resonate with this quote, though I don’t think he factored in the accompanying “paper work”!
There’s a risk with turning a passion in to a job, that it can take the sparkle out of it. This certainly hasn’t happened for me, indeed it’s given me more time to enjoy my “hobby” photography - such as my wildlife, landscape and astrophotography.
Watching this Kingfisher get its breakfast one morning, just felt magical.
I’m looking forward to enjoying more time with my wildlife photography in 2025, it’s wonderful taking pause, and finding peace whilst watching creatures go about their lives, I’m even learning a little bit about them to!
I’m especially looking forward to the weddings I’ve got booked in this year, there’s a wonderful variety of styles and themes, and some amazing locations, ranging from vineyards to gold-sand beaches, and some beautiful quaint churches to!
Taking a sneak peak at gathered loved ones before the big moment!
I’ve got some client headshots booked in, and I love getting to know the person I am about to photograph, it helps the client relax, me get a better understanding of that person to get the most out of the session and I get to have such interesting conversations with people - something I really enjoy.
Capturing headshots, and meeting new and interesting people is a real privilege.
Another exciting part to 2025, is simply taking my business and building upon last year, growing in terms of number of clients, building my brand, getting in front of the camera more to bring you videos, making connections and building my own skills, learning new techniques, and honing my style is a big driving force for me - and ultimately making this passion something I can do for the rest of my life!
Also, I really want to photograph foxes this year, it’s on my bucket list!
So here goes 2025, it’ll be a roller coaster undoubtedly, with unknown challenges, but I find myself better equipped going in to this year and ready to take it on!
…one blog down, eleven to go, will I achieve 100%?!