An Overdue Update

     I obviously have problems with procrastination - sorry for the radio silence. Here's a little update on my life for y'all:

      I'll start it off with a bit of a recap: Last May I wrapped up my four years of college. The whole semester was a really bittersweet time, and leaving campus “for good” was very hard. I didn't have much time to think on the change though, because shortly after graduating I was spending my summer working media at His Hill Ranch Camp. It really was an amazing summer that I could spend an entire blog entry talking about, but I wont – not now at least.

     Looking back, it should have been obvious to me that August was destined to be the month where reality would be slapping me in the face. Just back from camp, I was a car-less, jobless, living at home again college grad – not something I was super excited about.

     In need of money, I went back to basketball officiating, not something I love; but hey, it's income. I was still doing photography, though I didn't have a whole lot lined up. (Just an August and November wedding).

     Wanting to glean more photography knowledge, I got up the gumption to email a photographer I'd met at camp. That photographer's name is Donna Gustin. She sent her kids to The Hill for camp, saw photos I had taken, and gave some really sweet comments about them. This lead me to think that perhaps she'd be game for letting me shadow her a bit to get an idea of how professionals run things. I got really excited about the idea – it seemed things were shaping up! I was reminded that God never stops working in our lives, even when we may feel like things have hit a dead end. He alone could have planned for me to meet Donna there at camp, and have it lead to me learning from her. Little did I know how big of a blessing this connection would be to me!

     Fast forward to now, and I've been a paid second shooter at two weddings with her, and now am a paid post production assistant for her – the fancy way of saying, I edit pictures for her. It's been such a wonderful job fit. I've gotten the chance to learn – a lot – and have been able to work on my photo retouch abilities (not to mention getting to use some pretty awesome software!)

So yes, even in this uncomfortable time of leaving my “college years” behind me, God has been faithful in leading me to where He wants me next :)