Why I became a commercial photographer:

A little bit about me: I started my professional photography career over 30 years ago as a school portrait photographer for LifeTouch Studios (a national school photography chain). I transitioned from that to my own studio shooting mostly family portraits & high school seniors then to mostly weddings and eventually to teaching photography & Lightroom. Along the way I had 8 beautiful children, helped run our family excavating business, started and ran a cleaning business and a holistic health care product business. I earned my CPP (Certified Professional Photographer) certification. Eventually I navigated through big life changes and found myself as single mom, leaving friends, family and a religious cult behind and relocated to a new community.... a new life. Through an in-depth personal re-evaluation and a lot of soul searching, I came to the conclusion that professionally I needed to go back to what I'd originally wanted in my photography career, I wanted to do commercial advertising work.

I'd been told by my family, my former spouse and many friends that southern Utah was too small for a commercial photographer but I went for it any way and although its not been easy, I don't regret it. I love helping businesses be more successful and professional looking in their advertising. Its extrememely fulfilling to see struggling businesses take off and succeed. I love the constant change of new projects, the learning of new skills and techiniques, the collaboration with clients, stylists, makeup artists & models to bring a concept to life. Its a wild, crazy ride and I find it exhilarating!

Choosing to follow my heart opened up my life in so many ways, it has CHANGED ME.