Taking Risks, Facing Fear, and Being Bold | Guest Blog Post | Denver Wedding Photographer

We have decided that we want to start doing guest blog posts 🙂 I would like to start it out with Nora! 🙂 I met her in the showiteers online community. She is an amazing woman and I am blessed that she wanted to write a guest blog post 🙂

Two months ago, I had a full time job. I was comfortable. I had a steady source of income, I had something to do everyday to distract me from the fact that I wasn’t following my passion. I was comfortable….Wait…this sounds familiar to me….

Rewind 3 years….

Imagine being a 25 year old, living the dream life. This was me. I had a GREAT JOB, that paid really well. Life was good. I had a car, an apartment by the beach, Manolos, Jimmy Choos, Louboutins lined my closet door, and I was really really comfortable. Life seemed good right? All of the good fortune I had was covered up by the fact that I was working 80 hour weeks, exhausted, and drained.

Then it hit me. The big C word. Cancer. I was 25 and diagnosed. All of the exhaustion of not following my passion, of living my life for someone else’s dreams and not being true to myself manifested at that moment.

Rewind 2 years ago…(Fast forward 3 years…)

Through miraculous treatment, through trusting that this was God’s path for me, and through healing all my past hurts, I was in remission. I was given the gift of relearning how to live my life in harmony with who He wanted me to be. Happy.

A friend of mine lent me his DSLR for a couple of weeks. I had no idea that this would be my passion. I took an intermediate course at a community college (Googled the answers to the beginners test that they ask over the phone to get into the class). And it was love.

I photographed my first wedding for 100.00. My client had found me on craigslist. It was in a suburb so far away that they cab ride home that night was 60.00. I shot my first wedding with a borrowed Canon 40D, and a borrowed 50 F/1.8 lens. I got home that night at 1AM, and was so full of joy, of happiness, of clarity. This is what I wanted to do.

Fear of failure, fear of rejection, and general fear lead me to take a full time job, that paid my bills like clockwork. And then two months ago, I was reminded that I was not following my passion. I was not living in HIS will. It was that familiar moment. My fiancé pointed out that I was unhappy again, because I was not following my passion. So I took a risk. I quit. It was bold. It was about following my passion.

Today, I sit in the café that I call my office. I run a successful business with my fiancé. I sip on an Earl Grey Latté with Almond Milk. I bask in the sunshine. I am reminded that this is my path. And everyday I take new risks, become bolder, learn a little about myself everyday. For that, I have gratitude. Everyday is a gift.

I encourage everyone to follow their bliss. Take chances. Make a leap of faith. Step out of being comfortable. Be bold.