Coming Up For Air | Boise Photographer
May 12th, 2012You know how when you’re swimming under water, or even just holding your breath, and then when you are at your last point of holding your breath, you come up for air and all of the pressure building inside of your body dissipates? Well, that’s how it felt today.
I have been supporting our family on the income from Ashki Photography since September of 2008. And although I have an amazing clients who have been so supportive, it is still a stressful thing to solely support the family on the salary from a small business – especially a business that depends on commission. Not knowing exactly where the income will come from is a tough thing at times.
One of my good friends, Diana Palmer wrote a controversial article on her photography blog a few months ago. A line that she wrote has stuck with me since the moment I read the post. ”Behind the “we” is a “me” “. I can relate to that so much. Although I don’t often say “We” in writing about our…AHEM…MY business, I can relate to the thought that there is a REAL person behind every decision, behind every marketing campaign, behind every sale, behind every promotion, behind the camera. Before all of that, I am a person. I am a woman, married to a man who loves passionately. I am a woman who has several insecurities just like everyone else. I am a woman who makes mistakes as a parent, wife, business owner. I am woman who cries over hallmark commercials. I am a woman who is incapable of loving her children more. I am a woman who, although may have seemed to be put together, was desperately seeking air. Well. I’ve come up for air.
I still can’t believe I get to be a photographer for a living. I still am in awe that I am able to support my family on the income from Ashki Photography. I still love that I get to help people see how beautiful they really are. But now? Now I can smell the flowers along this journey. Rather than keeping my sights on the future and how we’re going to keep our family going, I can enjoy the present, knowing that our hard work has finally paid off.
Lumuli graduated. I am so proud of him. What was supposed to be a much shorter journey has turned into double the amount of time it was initially expected to take. He is now an Electrical Engineer. His perseverance, dedication and desire to take care of his family has finally paid off. I am so.proud.of.my.husband.
By the amazing Yan Photography
. Love you, Carla & Livi!!!
