A Look Back At 2019

Another year and another decade have now come and gone. Wow, it's hard to believe it's already the year 2020. I remember as a child hearing my parents and other adults say life is short and time goes by fast. Boy were they right. The older you get, the faster it goes. 2019 was a little different year for us. We went through a lot of changes and it's been a lot of hard work.

In 2019 I made the decision to do my photography business full time and to close my income making business. The other business was stressing me out so much it was affecting my health. I've been doing photography for 10 years and even though it was a full time business, I couldn't put the focus on it I wanted to with the other business and it was getting hard to balance both businesses. Photography is a passion and talent of mine and I didn't want to live with the regret of wondering "what if I could make it living my dream". So I took the plunge and have been full speed ahead and trying to grow my business.

Because of this change, we weren't able to take a vacation like we normally do which is where I get a lot my photos for the year. However we did get to take a couple trips in 2019. Our daughter got to march in the Disney World parade in Orlando Florida in the Spring. I got some good wildlife photos and I did get some great photos of the parks, however, due to their copyrights, those photos can not be posted for sale.

Then in late spring we got to go to Chicago for a concert I took my daughter and her friend too. BTS, a Korean pop group! If you haven't heard of them, they are one of the world largest musicians. It was by far the largest concert I've ever been too and it was great! They really know how to put on a show and they really care for their fans, known as ARMY. I've never seen a group of musicians so thankful for their fans before. While in Chicago I was able to get some great photos. I love to visit that beautiful city!

I also started doing something different with some of my art this year. I started doing more mixed media. That's where I take a photo I took, and turn it into a digital painting. To make them unique, there are a variety of things I do to my mixed media pieces so the process can't be exactly copied including adding my own hand painting techniques to them. I'm really liking how they are looking and they are getting more attention so I will continue to evolve and grow with mixed media.

I hope you had a great 2019 and may your 2020 be filled with blessings and good health. If you have a dream, don't let that dream pass you by because you're scared. Believe me, I'm still scared everyday hoping I can feed my family, but at least I'm fighting to see where it's going to go. If I don't make it, then at least I won't live with wondering "what if".

Happy New Year!! Below is a youtube video looking back at some of my photos from 2019.