Hanging up my [sort of] last glad rags

For the past couple of weeks I have reviewed what it is that I want out of my photography; what motivates me to my core, what is it that makes me love doing and going that extra mile for (and lo and behold it doesn't involve eating my favourite local Chinese takeaway, LOL!) and knowing truly what it is that I want to keep evolving and improving with, and the answer (drumroll please...) has been very easy, and simple. Portraiture and baby photography (what y'all saying, no surprises there - cheek!)

I have consistently blogged that I love to do weddings, and I do, still, but in moderation, which meant I viewed the weddings I wanted to take on, clients who I 'clicked' with which is all done seriously and methodically, and which has always inspired me to get involved with my past clients. But...and its a big but, I am taking a further leap back and have decided that weddings will not be a true motivator for me in 2010. I will of course honour the weddings that have already been booked in 2010, and I will continue to take on bookings now and again, (back to the 'clicking' bit and so forth...) but priorities in my life at the moment will not allow for every weekends to be consumed by wedding fever - even if I do love dressing up for every event!!

My forefront of what it is that I want to continue being passionate about will be the portrait work with individual clients/families, and of course my love of newborn portraiture work. My ideas will cultivate more in this portrait environment, giving me free reign to a certain extent, I don't think personally weddings give that option, maybe to a point, but in reality, your time is very restricted, and I don't like that feeling of being rushed the majority of the time, don't get me wrong I strive on pressure, but I do that enough most of the week, so portrait photography on my terms lets me 'take that time', as much time as it allows me, and to get the best out of that time, as the saying goes 'more haste, less speed' - somehow rings true...

And because I don't like posting without a photo...