Sweet Magnolia Photo Blog

Here is a hint at all the cool stuff happening. Bet you all will never guess what this means. But you will certainly try….

Whew! Can I just go on the record and say that this has been one CRAZY week? Over the past several months, my business has grown tremendously in leaps and bounds, and I have been so blessed to have so many of you reading email me and give me words of love and encouragement. Your support is the reason that I am finally beginning to make my dream of owning a business a reality, and for that I am so grateful and will continue to be.

So just to give you a quick update on all the things going on, I am looking at booking a few weddings into next year already and that is amazing! I am so excited for my couples and brides who have put their confidence in me to create stunning imagery for them, and I look forward to it. I also have a few weddings that I will be photographing in the next few months!!

Also, the lifestyle side of my business is also booming, as I have been running around like crazy photographing children, babies, and everything in between. This makes my heart so happy because lifestyle photogaphy is where I got my start, and then the progression into weddings made for a more natural transition for me.

On TOP of all that- I have some exciting changes to the site coming that have been in the works over the past couple months, so between that and shooting, I am staying extremely busy!

Tonight, I have a Trash the Dress session which shoot be a blast- I am going to be shooting my wonderful friend Kylene, and she knows how to “work it out”!!

I have several meetings next week with couples and brides, so I may not be able to blog as much as I would like, but stay with me, there are lots of new and exciting things coming your way

Lauren

Hey everyone!

I am so excited to annouce the launch of my new wedding portal! It launched late last night after I made the final tweaks to it.

I was also featured on the lovely and talented Ms. Natalie Norton’s site today, which was truly an honor. Natalie has readers from all over the country (probably all over the world!) and I was so happy that she found my work beautiful. To visit Natalie’s site and see my feature, please click here!

You know, throughout the whole process of building my website and my business, I realized something about myself. I realized that, too often, I “hold onto” things that make me doubt myself and my ability to be a creative professional. I was “holding onto” launching the site because I was so obsessed with making it 100% perfect that I lost sight of what makes me and my work unique. I was telling a friend of mine the other day that I was worried about my business and the launch of the new website, in that I wouldn’t know what kind of reception I would get from others. She told me something that I knew but had forgotten-and now is resonating with me more each day- God has a time and a plan for everything. His timing is always perfect.

When the site launched last night, I knew His timing truly was perfect. At that instant, I gained a totally new perspective on my work. Truly, it all seemed to come together and fall into place. When things get hard and we doubt ourselves, we have to remember that God’s love for us is perfect and He has a plan for our life. We get caught up in the trivial little things and forget that ultimately we have little control over what is going to happen in the grand scheme of things.

I am so blessed to be able to say that I finally believe that I have found the path He is directing me on.