realizing a lot lately that this blog really only shows the best of me. What blogger or photographer would ever want to show their ugly side to EVERYONE following their work? No one! It’s a save way to marketing myself and share my life because I am in total control of everything…. most of the time. However, when little things start to overwhelm me, my attitude starts heading in a downward spiral. You never see that. All of you on the other side of the blog will never see that downward spiral that causes me to freak out! You may not see this side of me but my husband does….. all. the. time.
When the blog had technical difficulties yesterday, instead of just being patient and handling it when I returned home from a shoot, I FREAKED OUT! I was on the road, realized the blog was down and immediately called Michael in a panic. He was at work, planning things that have nothing to do with blogs or photography and so I’m sure he cringed when he answered the phone and heard my “panic” voice. The voice that says “WHY RIGHT NOW?” “WHAT DO I DO?!” and “WHY ME? THIS DAY IS AWFUL ALREADY!!!!”. Instead of acting like an adult and just thinking logically about how to fix this issue, I let EVERYTHING bother me and I become one big hott mess of emotion! Don’t you want to be married to ME?! Gosh, what a nightmare.
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However, Michael has this amazing way of handling these freakout moments in my life. He’s patient and calm and collected…..everything I’m not. For instance, 2 days before I was supposed to be leaving to shoot a wedding in Jamaica and lost my passport….he was the one who found it…. while I was sobbing on the phone. And that time I got pulled over a few weeks ago and didn’t have the proper registration with my “new name” in the car with me and the cop threatened to tow me…. Michael brought me that paperwork as I sat pouting on the side of the road. And yesterday, when my blog was falling to pieces, Michael stayed on the phone with Hostgator and had it fixed within 15 minutes. He called me and stated that it was fixed and everything was back to normal…. and my response was “Wait what?! It’s fixed?!”….. and I immediately realized how ridiculously upset I was over something so small. I apologized for my attitude and thanked him for once again, fixing my crisis. I don’t know what I would do without him. When I have a busy week, he always fills in the gaps and takes care of me…..even during my freak outs.
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So the whole point of this post today is to 1. Admit that I have so many flaws, I couldn’t list them all if I TRIED. And 2. I have the most incredible husband and he deserves a big “THANK YOU” for saving the blog yesterday!! If you stalked the blog yesterday…. it’s only because Michael saved it! Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
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Kelly is an incredible wedding photographer who has been shooting 90 weddings a year. I know, it sounds unbelievable, but it’s true! Kelly’s success and the volume of work she handles is truly impressive.
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