July 4, 2022
365 Project 2022 | Week One
- Personal ·
- Learn Photography ·
- 365 Project
Hey there, I'm Courtney!
You don't want to read a novel about me, so here are the basics:
- I'm originally from North Carolina!
- I have one husband, two kids + one pup, named Hamilton (big Broadway musical fan here!)
- In 2010, I graduated high school pregnant with my oldest son, got married in 2011 and started my photography business in 2012!
- When I started, I photographed absolutely anything and everything I could!!!
- I worked hard to understand both natural light photography and studio lighting to offer a variety of options to my clients!!
- As I focused on what I loved, I was drawn to photographing seniors, couples/weddings, and sessions for small business owners!
- I also became passionate about empowering local moms and young women by teaching them how to use their camera to take better photos!
- In 2013, I created a workshop to help meet this need locally! Since then have mentored dozens of women who want to grow their own photography skills!
- In 2018, my life forever changed as our family of four moved from NC to Iowa!
- We had never been here prior to that first move and it's second craziest thing we've ever done together.....
- In 2019, I "retired" from my photography business so that our family could embark on two years of full-time travel together!!!
- THAT was hands down the top craziest thing we had ever done. We lived almost entirely in hotels for two years straight!!!
- We landed back in the Des Moines area in 2021 and I decided to slowly began pursuing this business again and see where it leads!