Decision's, Decision's, Decision's

About 18 months ago I created this blog.  I didn't do much to promote it and I wasn't very active on keeping it up to date with new work.  To be quite honest I didn't really know what my vision was for this blog or what direction I wanted my photography to take if any at all.  I just knew I liked taking pictures and I LOVED when other people liked them too!  For the past few years people have told me to pursue photography more seriously and to make into my career.  There were also the people that warned me to never take something you enjoy and turn it into a job.  As much as I love taking pictures I wasn't really sure if this is something I wanted as a career.  After working in Social Services for 10 years, I knew I needed a career change but I truly had no idea what I wanted to do.  I took my time and investigated a lot of career possibilities...after 3 years of career research I finally decided to become a Registered Massage Therapist.  
I chose it for a number of reasons...but one of the top reason's  was that being an RMT would provide me the freedom and flexibility to also pursue photography in a part time capacity.  From what I could tell it was kind of the best of both world's.  I won't need to depend on photography to pay my mortgage so it takes the pressure off of it being my sole source of income.  So with just 4 months left of my Massage Therapy program I have decided to start building the foundation for "Nicole Carter Photography" now.

Strategy #1

Practice, Practice, Practice...

From what I can tell if you don't have a good quality image to sell to your client you probably aren't going to have very many client's.   Makes logical sense...so even though I should be cracking down and studying in my final months of school I have decided to take on a few client's over the winter months.  It's a good thing I'm at my best when I am busy...make sure you have a look at the photo's from last weekend's maternity session!