The truth?
I did a Facebook post on my wall asking for a vote between photography and nursing school. I know, two complete opposites!
Wait! You did wha?!
Yes! I let my Facebook friends help me make a decision on my career path!
Why photography and not nursing?
After many people expressed their thoughts on why I should be a photographer, I did some soul searching of my own to help me validate the decision. Being fairly new to the military life, and understanding what military families go through with deployments, I decided I needed to give back to the community that I am part of. I felt the intense need to use my talents to make others smile and to help them capture their memories. The thought of a family not having new photos to cherish while apart, or losing their loved one during a deployment and not having updated photos, broke my heart.
New photos are a must before deployment!
Shortly after I signed up for my first college semester for photography, my husband was shipped off to Qatar. I got to experience first-hand what it felt like for all the families before me to be without their s/o. (we didn't have photos to cherish during this time)
After my husband's return, during semester #2 in college, I began offering free photo sessions for pre-deployments and deployment homecomings. This filled my heart with so much pride! Photography was something I was still unsure of because I was very new to the photography world (besides the simple point and shoot camera). After giving back to families, I knew I was doing the right thing, I had made the right decision for my career.
Over the past 3 years my passion has grown beyond my imagination. I will continue to service the military community, but I am also going to work towards photojournalism and travel photography.
Please enjoy my photos of pre-deployments and deployment homecomings below, I posted them in order from when I first began as a photographer. I plan to expand my work with military families as soon as we are stationed at a base again, around December 2013!
Words cannot evoke the same emotions as a photograph.
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| My husband with our daughter, Alyxiss, at the airport for his first deployment |
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| My first deployment homecoming |
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| Pre-deployment |
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| Deployment homecoming |
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| Pre-deployment |
