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the parent-child whatever you know all
those other classic shots you know this
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baby was starting to wake up and really
was just looking around and once you
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really get comfortable with the newborn
I you know just being able to make the
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changes of let's put the TV so is
looking at mom was right at her and you
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know what a stunning shot to get it you
know really diverts from the you know
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the list opposing this is a great
example of happy accident yeah something
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just started happening a lot and you you
capitalize on that made it into a really
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state and she went very large and now
we're getting all locations and baby on
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the beat ya how much destination work to
do i mean they are you often flown to
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other cities in order to do baby I
travel about once every other month is
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kind of what I do it you know and this
is kind of on my bucket list to do a
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beach location this was actually a
workshop that i talked in Florida so
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whether I travel for you know newborn
sessions of one family or whether I'm
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doing workshops
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choose area that I really want to go to
where you're first starting out you're
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not going to be hired for destiny was
your point where you started again
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you've been in the business three years
it two years when you suddenly we're
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getting calls because naturally that's
going to grow and as you continue this
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business
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the demand for word travels will be
higher than it is now
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yeah absolutely i mean it was definitely
a few years and I really focused on
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really getting my food market in st.
Louis and I don't worry about you know a
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dream big absolutely and I still am
dreaming big
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you know but I i think thats what you
need to do if you really want to propel
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yourself into any business but you know
once I really got you know my my ground
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and safely within really became the
newborn photographer then I kind of
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started getting calls to go out there so
it took a few years in this city
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hundreds hundreds hundreds I would think
there's always new year's competition
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absolutely always you know and I think
you know and these you know a lot of
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forums are people will you know me and
say you know I just got this you know
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really need email from another
photographer you know saying you know my
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price you know the burn and turn
photographers I've never been you know
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someone to put images on it you know 141
price you know I don't think that you
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can I don't think that you can really
get down on yourself or what other
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people are doing you know and I just I
have never been one to really look at
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other people in my area specifically
i've always come just wanted to do you
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know how I felt I should priceless
though it's a great lesson is certainly
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true with what I do it's very difficult
not to worry about the competition but
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at the same time you can't worry about
the company to your own personality on
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your own stamp on it making market if
people want your work Great just looking
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for bottom line price are probably gonna
go somewhere else right now but that's a
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hard lesson learned for anybody yeah
just wanted to learn pretty quickly and
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I think it makes a difference in how you
go forward with your business whether
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you know you do that from the very
beginning or whether you know
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you are gonna like succumb to all those
other precious you know I i have often
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said when I'm election students are
talking about the business if you want
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to get into commercial photography you
need to become very secure with a
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security threat meaning you don't know
when your gonna work next
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you don't know when you know where the
clients are coming from exactly but you
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have to stick to exactly what you want
to do be true to yourself and then let
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the world come to you absolutely every
time I would change my pricing guide you
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know there was always fear the back of
my head but you know what I know I'm
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booked but if I don't get any emails
back and yeah I would definitely drop
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clients from where I was before but
you're never gonna advance yourself and
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where I wanted to be like at that same
pricing especially when I work started
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getting better and better and better so
you gotta take a little bit yeah were
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you looking at other photographers
prices or R you just going on your home
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Godse ok I believe that with my skill
level I'm worth X amount of dollars at
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the little bit is a little bit Chapman
talk with exactly how he did I mean I
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definitely get it look at any other
photographers but new Bernard really
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think Lewis with me we get everything
last 20 2011 as big here so I really
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price that's what I thought you know my
time is worth and as a new mom and my
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time is pretty valuable how often do you
change a person's structures you as you
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moved up here the business how often
were you I definitely do not find the
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thinking that I could always change
their pricing one here you know what my
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workshop I think a lot of times people
say well you know I'll change it you
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know and you know start of January the
next year and you know could be february
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you know when you're going to go hold 10
months you know about changing