In light of the new year, here is a brief recap of my creative pursuits up to this point: One year ago, Jordin and I were a year and a half into marriage, and I had just finished classes at the University of Michigan. I had actually finished my undergrad requirements in Performing Arts Technology the semester before, but I fought my way into staying another semester for a couple more classes. (That’s how much I love learning) Meanwhile I had been working on some pretty awesome movie sets and television shows with Dreamworks and NBC that I’ll post about later. I was working on our photography business by night and Jordin was working full time at our church, directing the arts in the weekend services. I spent the winter after graduating prepping our photography business for the busy summer season and figuring out what my long-term post-graduate career would be, whether it would be solely photography, that mixed in with motion picture, or even a creative position in an advertising agency. Then came a curve ball. In the midst of agency interviews and a busy photography season, I received a call out of nowhere, offering me a position on staff at the University of Michigan while getting a Masters in Media Arts, delivering the “Live Movie Musical” that I’ve been working on, as my senior thesis. This really changed everything. Once classes began this fall, we scrambled to keep up with the flow of full time photography while I began as a full time student with an hour commute and a new part time job on staff. It was only with the gracious help of some very important friends who joined our photography team that we were able to keep up. That very succinctly brings us to today. The gaps will likely be filled in as I continue to post pieces of the things I have been working on. In spite of everything else going on, I am completely obsessed with photography and will never stop. I may only be limited on how many hired projects we can do in the midst of school and my other job. We will be fitting in as many as humanly possible, because capturing priceless memories with beautiful imagery is incredibly life-giving for us, and incredibly important to us. I hope to be sharing and blogging more this year!
Aaand a bit of us…
