How it all started

It seems that I find myself in an advantageous position.  What started out as just a desire to record my own family memories, and be a typical soccer mom is now in the very beginning stages of a full blown photography business.

It all started last summer.  This was the first time that my children had ever been in any type of sport at all and they both wanted to play soccer.  Even though they were put on different teams because of ages we lucked out with them both having the same jersey color.  When it came time for pictures I had wanted to get a bunch because I have a giant family but I did not have enough money to pay for the prices charged by the 'team pictures' people (note that I did not say photographer).  Alternatively I just did my own.  I had a shiny new DSLR that was a tax return present from my husband and loved taking pictures anyways.  The photos came out fantastic and my whole family enjoyed them immensely.

Then came the 'picture day' for the teams.  The person that they had originally hired to do the photos couldn't make it so they had just the sports organizer of all the teams taking the photos.  He didn't quite know what  he was doing.  They came out really really bad.  People paid good money for really really bad pictures. (They still have the organizer taking pictures now but he has gotten much better plus they did buy a really neat background.)

The next fall I just had one daughter in soccer (the other wanted to dance).  I showed off my pictures to some of the other moms and one of the moms was complaining about the horrible pictures that she got over the summer. Then all of a sudden I was taking the pictures for the whole team (woo hoo!!).

Fast forward to the spring season.  Both girls are now in soccer. The daughter that was playing in the fall season had teammate carry over to this season.  His parents loved the pictures that I had taken of their son and were wondering if I was going to do it again.  SURE!

Printed up some fliers for that team and ended up getting two more teams request pictures (this time football).  Some parents wanted pictures with their children.  After the contact sheets were handed out some families REQUESTED to have some family portraits done and were wondering if I would be interested!

So now I am printing out business cards.  Getting an appointment book together.  And starting a photography blog to chronicle this journey.  Wish me luck.