I originally posted all about me on the Sketches portion of the Self Portrait section of the assignment but I will go ahead and just tell you a little more about myself and why I took this particular class. Again I am a mother of three and I am married to my husband, a retire navy chief with 24 years of service. With the helpful push of my husband I finally attempted college 10 years after my first try right after high school. I really wanted to do photography after having kids and the local junior college in Temecula seemed to have a wonderful program so I signed up but the deal was I needed a second career option incase things didn’t work out as planned in the future. Well now I am just wrapping up my last semester of my Bachelors in Liberal Studies with emphasis in Teaching for Elementary Schools.
Although, I didn’t always take everything out of photography that I could have because I was feeling overwhelmed with three kids under four at home and being a full time student again, I truly did find the passion I always felt was missing in everything I did as a job in my past. I told myself I have till I graduate to build my website, some clientele, my equipment and studio up and while I am finishing up college so that when I graduate I can take my photography business to the next level. I also feel so weighed down sometimes with the lack of equipment or time and now with this who shut down it has me feeling even more unsure of my choice in career. This is a luxury not essential for survival. Will it pay the bills?
My goals are to one day match my husbands salary so he can retire finally and enjoy life a little more. I want to travel the world with him on the expense of others wanting to hire me to take their photos on vacation or an elopement. I hope to make enough to sustain life, give my husband a break and to let my creativity lead the way while always challenging myself and learning along the way. I have envisioned many sessions in my head but it is the lack of time, money , models and execution that seems almost impossible sometimes when there is always something to do. Either paying bills for 4 hours or cleaning up the 12th cup from the kids in half a days time. Or one of the many assignments I need to finish to appointments and to just life itself. I took this class and saved it to my last semester so that I was not bombarded with writing assignments and copious amounts of mind numbing assignments that seem to kill my creativity. So that is why I am in this class and a few of my goals for my future in photography .
Lauren Lauric Photography 