I’m on my way to shoot a wedding today but I had to share this because I am still so super psyched about it. Ready?

I sold 2 of my collages last night!!

I moved all of the work I’d done to my studio last weekend and hung them right before last night’s event. I honestly wasn’t prepared to sell anything so when people inquired about the price I just threw out a number. It may have been too low, I need to get some opinions from the more experienced artists in my life, but whatever. I sold two pieces!

I’m such a dork. I texted Heath immediately and my BFF, then I found a friend at work and told her. I was *this* close to breaking out into a robot-esque happy dance. I wonder if this euphoria goes away after you become more well known and you sell stuff on a regular basis? That would be a bummer. It’s such a great feeling!  It’s not like I’ve never sold anything before. I was very fortunate to have about 75% of my BFA show sell out. But it’s been a while and the collages are something new that I’m doing. It was very validating and gave me a lot of motivation to move forward.

Yay!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

About a month ago I was contacted by wedding photographer Will Hancock of Royal Aperture Photography which operates out of West Virginia. Will is going to be doing a wedding here in Lexington at the end of the month, and while his wife usually shoots with him, this time she is IN the wedding party and won’t be able to. That is where I come in. I’ll be acting in Catrina’s place while she fulfills her bridesmaid duties. I met Will and Catrina last week and we got along just swimmingly. I am very exited to be working with them, they have a lot of passion for what they do and it’s always fun to see how people work differently in a similar situation.

As a bonus I’ll also be shooting somewhere I’ve never shot before. The shots of the bride getting ready as well as the portraits of the bride and groom will be shot at….wait for it…Castle Post on Versailles Road! I am thrilled to be able to shoot here! The wedding is in 10 days and then I can’t share any images until the bride and groom get to see them so I suppose I should have waited to share but I am SO exited!!