Springing Forward | Hartford Connecticut Family Photographer

I know we are all anxiously awaiting the weather to catch up with the season.  The excitement of the warm sun hitting our face is slowly almost becoming our reality and I am most certainly dreaming of sunset family portrait sessions on the beach!

But to be honest, these April showers make me appreciate the sun and warmth even more when it finally does decide to arrive and stick around for a bit.  The change of seasons always acts as a bigger symbol for C H A N G E and the beauty of a fresh start or a chance to see life a little differently.  And who knows, maybe this year I will actually get around to doing some spring cleaning in our house!  Maybe 🙂

I have been working hard behind the scenes during the winter months on some BIG changes coming to Anne Marie Photography and can’t wait to share it all with you on FRIDAY!  Projects that have been a labor of love and I’m ecstatic to say are finally ready to announce!

But before we jump into what’s coming, I have been looking forward to catching up with you on the biggest change of all around here. Whether you have been following me throughout the years or more recently, I truly appreciate you being here and can honestly say that without your constant support, my new reality and dreams wouldn’t be possible.

Today, I write to you for the first time as A FULL-TIME PHOTOGRAPHER!!!

I honestly still can’t believe it!  These are words I have been dreaming of someday writing for the past four years and is a life I would think about every morning when I woke up and every night before going to bed.  For me, being able to write these words finally meant arriving at the doorstep of my dreams.

The honest truth is that I have tried to write and share this special news with you many times because I truly couldn’t wait to share it but I kept finding myself needing to walk away from my computer every time I sat down to write because my emotions were too raw and I couldn’t get through writing a sentence, ok who am I fooling, more like a single letter, without crying.

Tears of joy for finally getting to this point in my life and career, of gratefulness for being able to choose this life I now get to lead, appreciation for those who believed in me from the very beginning and who have been by my side throughout the years, and all the fleeting emotions of leaving a trusted and loving family of over 13 years who mean the absolute world to me.

Leaving a place like ESPN was difficult.  But I knew in my heart I was finally ready to step back and let it go with confidence, peace, and comfort.  I’ve seen while growing my business that production and photography are the perfect storm of two creative paths blending together and know my background in television production has prepared me for this life, a life that was intended for me to lead all along.  It is clear that without that there wouldn’t be this.  God has shown me this path; He has given me the signs from the start and brought the most incredible people into my life to help me get here today, all deserving of their own blog post!

I enter this new chapter shouting from the rooftops (ok really just our kitchen) and am so excited to devote my full-time attention and care into my business, to dig deeper into the lives of others, to help and serve, and continue to preserve treasured memories for the families I have the privilege to work with.

THIS is the truest of callings.

If there is anything I’ve realized in this short transition, it is that now is the time to let go even more, dream even bigger, and to trust like never before.  I see the world through a different window now and it’s exhilarating!  It’s a shift of energy, of emotional well-being, and my eyes and heart are open even wider for the beautiful changes that are ahead.  I am blessed to call what I love my full-time job!
I can now look forward with a fresh new sense of openness, commitment, and depth to provide an even better experience for others!  It is because of you that I can stand stronger on my own–thank you for all the love you’ve graciously shown me throughout the years.  Dreams most certainly do come true, if we keep believing, keep pushing, keep going, one step and one day at a time.

Now bring on the warm sun…please!