First, a personal note. I must apologize to my blog lovers. I have neglected you and your needs and I am sorry. I hope to make it up to you in the next few weeks.
Just give me some time, I know I can do it.
See I have been trying to figure out my “brand”. An ever changing buzz word in the creative community. I found a designer, a fella named Adam (whose wife writes a killer blog over here) who is working hard on trying to appease my ever changing tastes and ideas. You should feel bad for him. So far he is turning out some stinkin amazing stuff. Seriously. He is prompt, he is creative, he is patient and kind, but I am struggling to settle on something. You’re not surprised are you? “Jade? Can’t make up her mind? Saywhaaaat?”
And along with this new brand thing also comes a lot of work on the website. Or blogsite. Or whatever this thing is called. But none of that feels doable until I can make up my mind on a logo. Needless to say, 2012 has been a mess of uncomfortable emotions for me when it comes to my photography business. I sit down to think about it, and the logo, and then feel just completely overwhelmed by it all. It has forced me to do something that I am, still, entirely uncomfortable doing. Trust. Trust that my story is in the hands of One bigger than me.
In this business, you always want to try new things, to be on the cutting edge. So how am I supposed to choose a logo or a brand that I can keep for more than a year…or a month even? What other photographers won’t tell you is that we are never really truly satisfied with how things come out. That’s why we have to keep shooting. Creating. If we ever take that perfect photo, it’s the end. Finito. “I did it. I can die happy.” I’m not okay with that yet….even after a super rad photo shoot, I want to keep going. I hope I’m never okay with what I turn out, because I always want to keep going. Keep shooting.
I am a storyteller. That is my passion. Just this morning at the post office I made up a story for a girl, my age, who was working behind the counter at the post office. I started asking myself a series of questions: How old is she? Probably my age. Is she married? Yes. She’s so sweet, I bet she’s a mother. What life decisions has this girl made to get her here? By the end of our exchange I had a story for this girl made up in my head with plot twists including a failed engagement followed by a reunion with a high school sweetheart who happened to be the paramedic who pulled her from a car accident…
It’s a sickness. But it’s a beautiful way to live life, knowing that everyone has their own story and trying to appreciate it. If you’d like to read more about story, and how it’s going to affect JPP in 2012, you can read about it on my personal blog.
So in the meantime, I have decided to forgo my watermark on all images on this blog, instead of sitting around waiting for my brain to make up it’s mind, and making you suffer for it’s indecisiveness. That silly brain.
So please enjoy this bridal shoot of my beautiful friend Sarah, of Caleb & Sarah from this summer. She is a loving, deep, wonderful person, who sees beautiful things in broken people. And her caring spirit comes through in every aspect of her life. Especially her love for people and animals.
In particular, horses. Just a fun side note: Sarah arranged for me to ride alongside her for this photo shoot because the places we were going could be most easily accessed by horseback. This was a fantastic trip down memory lane for me, as riding was something I did with my Dad and Papaw when I was a kid. My horse was slow and gentle, and I loved him immediately.
Sarah, can we go again soon?
Have fun. I know I did.
love.
jade
