My bff was in town and I just purchased a new tilty-shifty lens. Yes, indeed, I am now super trendy. How exciting for me.

I am having a blast figuring out my new acquisition. It’s actually more complicated than I had anticipated. Luckily I have a workshop coming up soon in which I am hoping to unload a list full of questions, the latest of which is “How the heck do you use a tilt shift”, although I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. I have been really overwhelmed lately with “business” and I am REALLY looking forward to attending this workshop and looking at a lot of things. Things like, am I running a smart business? Do I actually take good pictures? How can I improve them? and most of all, I am ready to fall in love with photography again. After a wedding every weekend and a handful of sessions scattered in between, my art seems to have turned more into a chore. Today I really enjoyed just playing around with my new lens. I remember what it was like to start shooting manual, and what it was like when I finally figured out how to mask things in photoshop–it was so fun discovering! Now, I feel like the romance is gone.. So, in a month I will be attending Love Affair with some of my absolute favorite photographers who I have viewed as role models over this past year or so of establishing a business. I can’t wait to fall in love again.