I believe it is important to have a good relationship with your photographer. You should feel comfortable and at ease with them. Most people don't like being in front of the camera, but if you know and trust your photographer, photo shoots can be (and should be) really fun.
I have decided to make my first blog post as an insight to who I am and how I got started...
As most of you know (or have figured out by now) my name is Jessica, and like any photographer will tell you..."photography is my passion!" and it truly is. It is very rare you will find me without some sort of camera on hand. If it's not my Canon digital SLR it's my point and shoot. If that's not with me I always have my camera phone, haha.
I received my first camera when I was 10. I got it for Christmas and was over joyed! (The love of becoming a photographer began). It wasn't anything fancy of course. Your standard point and shoot, but what did it matter, I had my very own camera!! I didn't keep any of my first photographs or even the camera (I really wish I had). When I graduated from high school, my parents bought me my first SLR camera. It was the Canon Rebel. I thought I died and went to Heaven. I had a huge love for my camera. It became my best friend. I carted that camera everywhere. When people started commenting on my photos I decided to learn a bit more. I read lots of photography books and practiced, practiced, practiced. A few years later, my boyfriend (now husband) bought me my first digital camera. My passion for photography grew even more!! From then on I continued to fill myself with as much knowledge as I could. Most of what I have learned was from reading books and being self taught. It wasn't until this last year that I decided to take some photography courses at Sait. I am now working towards my photography certificate.
I would have to say it was my friend Erin and my husband Cole who pushed me into doing photography professionally. When I was expecting my first son, Erin gave me a gift certificate to a lady who did photography out of her house. So naturally, I dragged my husband and our 3 month old son to her house for photos. I was ecstatic. I had so much fun (I think secretly my husband did too!). It was when we were pulling away from her house that he said, "I really think you should look into doing something like that, your photography is so good and I know you could do it!!" That was enough for me. Shortly after I started photographing friends and family to build up my portfolio. I invested in some studio lights and within a matter of time started getting bookings.
I find my love for photography growing more and more. I look forward to each photo shoot like a kid looks forward to Christmas.
I hope you all enjoy my photographs and will continue to follow me through my journey.
Sincerely,
Jessica VanderRoest
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