My photography adventure had its start five years ago today!
This was the very first photo I took five years ago. Isn't it a masterpiece?!
By the fall of 2012, I'd graduated high school and taken several classes at the local community college before transferring to Texas State University. The terribly long commute coupled with a long road toward my (interim) goal of graphic design made me feel trapped and desperate.
My preoccupation with tea and books makes an early appearance: this was the eighth photo I took.
I'm definitely not a risk taker, and prior to my challenging semester at Texas State, I felt the financial investment in a DSLR was a huge risk I wasn't willing to take. I'd never felt a passion for photography. Growing up, I didn't commandeer my parents' point and shoot; I went on a mission trip in high school and took photos I'm still not sure I ever developed. But after an intense six weeks at Texas State, I decided to buy a camera. I would finish out the fall semester, then take a photography course during the spring at the community college.
In 2010, I took a personality and vocational assessment, courtesy of a dear friend. Looking back at the results for my occupational interests, I scored highest in Artistic and Mechanical: "You are attracted toward opportunities to put your creative interests and detail-minded interests to work in a setting that allows for variety." I'm just marveling at how photography fits so perfectly!
Possibly the most photogenic baby ever, 2016.
God has been so good and looking back, I can see how He orchestrated my path to bring me to this place.
Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by Thy help I'm come.