11/27/2022
Good afternoon, friends!
I'm here to announce that I will be hanging up my camera bag indefinitely and taking some time away from photography. This decision comes after lots of seesaw-ing back and forth and a great amount of denial. The reality exists that my children are getting older. As that happens, their schedules require me to be more available for them on evenings and weekends. When I quit my job to focus on photography full-time, it didn't change the need for me to be available in the evenings and weekends for my kids and family events. As it happens, the majority of my shooting schedule is during those times. Having a family is the best but it requires a great amount of sacrifice and dedication. I wasn't able to give the level of focus to my family and my clients that I felt they both deserved. I've always had a vision for how I wanted to run my business and lately what I've been able to dedicate to my clients has fallen well below what I consider acceptable. Everyone has been incredibly patient with me and very understanding which makes my guilt so much worse, if you can imagine. Therefore, I truly have no choice but to step back from photography for the foreseeable future. Hopefully there will be opportunities for me to pick up some sessions here and there if the situation is right. But, for now, I'm going to take some much-needed time off to focus on my family and my mental and physical health. I'm not a spring chicken anymore. The stress of trying to balance it all has negatively effected my health in several ways. I need to make that a priority as well.
I'd like to thank all of my AMAZING clients, some of whom have been with me for my nearly 5 years of business. I've been working with the general public since my first waitressing job at 16. I've had my share of negative experiences with customers but I can't say that my photography clients have added to that. You've lifted me up when I wasn't feeling good enough and the confidence you've instilled in me in absolutely priceless. I will never take you all for granted and I want you all to know how grateful I am to each and every one of you!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and remember to love one another!
All my love,
Geneva
