Since around the age of 12, I have been waving a camera around my friends faces, and had my pockets full of filled film rolls. I've been lucky to have such tolerant friends who "let" me chronicle our lives before photoshop, filters, and cell phones with camera's were ever a thing (or even just cell phones for that matter lol). Despite chronicling all of our awkward moments as teens, this amazing g
roup of friends that I have have stuck with me through this entire learning process, and have had endless conversations about how I think I don't measure up to the photographers that I know, love, and respect their art so much. They have pushed me to let go of my fear of putting myself out there to be critiqued and criticized, and made me realize that I need to stop comparing myself to everyone else, and just continue at working at becoming better than I was before. So a big thank you goes out to all of my friends, family, and husband for telling me to get over myself (lol) and just do it already! Tracey Maki, Sam Maki, Erin Mayotte, Amanda Korte and so many others (Ashley Maria), you've all helped me create Erika Wade Photography by being the best support I could have ever asked for, and for making such pretty babies for me to use as models! Thank you to everyone for the support and love.
