Doing what I love...

Hi there...my name is Shayla. I live breath and get super excited about life! I love to meet new people, see new places, spend time with family and friends and love the feeling of being motivated about anything...but mainly photography. I love listening to gushy romantic ballads and blasting "teeny bopper" pop tunes in the car. I love anything that sparkles, my favourite colour is blue, I love walking along the beach, I've lived in Germany and caught the travel bug for life. I love to collect scrapbooking paper...but I don't scrapbook. I love chunky fashion rings and I LOVE weddings!!!! I'm currently working with children with disabilities as an Occupational Therapist and am married to a wonderful man called Cameron. We are expecting our first child this year and naturally freaking out...just a little :-)

Why am I telling you this? Because I believe that if you are going to stand in front of someone with a camera, and they want you to stand in a paddock with a donkey, or lie in your wedding dress on the ground, on a golf course (yes I have done this but dang it looks great!), you want to know who they are! If you're going to feel awkward, you may as well have fun while you're at it!

I don't have a flashy website with all the trimmings...yet. But I am 110% passionate about what I do and would love to get excited about your big day with you. I have a bride-to-be friend who I accompanied to a bridal expo say to me once "gee you're more into this than I am!". Yup, it's true...needless to say I think it wore off on her too!

So, enjoy the photos and feel free to drop by for my regular blogging entries about my journey of becoming a professional wedding photographer....

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Finding joy in the journey...

Have you ever been so excited about something you don't know what to do with it?? I think this is the story of my life at the moment. The high that comes from doing a photo shoot or editing the photos and seeing the final results is awesome! It's just it doesn't last long enough...no, I'm not addicted :-) It's almost midnight and I can't sleep because I have too many thoughts running through my mind about my business and what I hope to achieve. I just looked at Jasmine's blog again (feel free to check her out, she really has created an individual stance in the wedding photography industry http://jasminestarblog.com/) and I love reading her initial entries where she sounded just as confused as what I feel! However I'm reminded to find joy in the journey. It's just as exciting to stumble across a new client, to buy a new lens or get a nice comment as it is to picture having the end result. So...tonight I'll rest my head and enjoy feeling my baby kick inside me knowing that he/she is healthy and I am blessed to live a fulfilling life in the meantime :-)
Shayla xo

ps: Happy Australia Day!



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