08/19/2026
Saw I did this 5 years ago and wanted to add on, what has happened (well some) in the past 5 since. Oh the beginning in 2011 was beautiful and rough. I made my own photography mentor and bugged him to death back then. He let me shoot with my 1st dslr ever and the photos were crisp. But I was a newbie and not balling on a DSLR budget let alone being able to pay for Photoshop and don't get me started on not knowing about Lightroom years ago! Oh the times. Love to see my progression. From being a solely natural light photographer because I was afraid of studio lighting. To now shooting and getting published what I do in my studio now 😊. I'm happy about that. Still wish, I could get those old photos. Probably somewhere on a flash drive buried in a box and my 1st external hard drive keeps trying to format itself with like 6-8 years worth of photos. Someone remind me to back up my external with my Dropbox but it will take 14 hrs 🥲 or more.
