Posts Tagged With: me

Day one of FULL TIME!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by dbkayak

What an unimaginable blessing. I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am now that I am not working for someone else, but rather for myself, my husband, my future, and my brides. It is a feeling that is unmatched. Today started like any other day, but there was a feeling of calm about me. I enjoyed some tea with my husband, tidied the house, did my hair(!!), started a workout program, created an organizational system for my daily to-do’s and meal planning. I stayed on top of the dishes, ate raw whole foods, did an hour of social media work for Charles River, replied to all my emails, and thats just the beginning honestly. I can’t believe how happy I am just being able to take care of everything that we really need to do in our lives, and still be able to have time with Dan and is uninterrupted by work. Whew… this is amazing so far.

The Daily to do list for now: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2011/12/free-daily-planner-new-habits-free-daily-planner-printable/

The Workout: http://www.bodyrock.tv/2012/01/02/day-1-of-our-30-day-challenge-fit-test/

Happy Bethany!

 

 

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Today was an important day.

Posted on January 7, 2012 by dbkayak

 Today I spoke with my Bosses at my day job and let them know that I would be leaving in March. My reason is that our photography business has replaced my job, both financially as well as time-wise. Being a wedding photographer as my full-time sole profession has been a dream of mine for years. We have been photographers for a little while now but I have always felt like it was incomplete in a way. The feeling of not trusting it to sustain us is very real. It’s hard to just take a leap and go for it financially speaking. We have had many roller coasters with that, in regards to following dreams. It almost seems as if we dont feel like ourselves if we are not taking big leaps in life. Quitting my day job is a leap for me. I must say, even though the job is not bad at all, it feels incredible to be out on my own… going for it. It feels like me.

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i know i know….

Posted on August 9, 2010 by dbkayak

sheesh. its true. ive been absent. ive been out of touch. ive been… living (gasp).

it seems that ive been too busy to blog right? well… thats actually not the case. ive been mind-numbingly bored actually. the kind of bored that makes you actually UNproductive rather than PROductive.  its a crying shame.  i cant seem to get a job, even tough ive put in numerous applications, send out many resumes, even had an interview, and worked 2 days as a dishwasher and never got called back. are you telling me that im not even a good enough dishwasher for the job. please. please. please. explain. anyways, this has cause me much turmoil and increased my rate of depression by high levels. how it is exactly that a college educated, reasonable, prudent, person cannot find work? i know its common these days but its really bringing on the stress. .. and more sadly… the sadness.

what to do? try and DO something. im going work on our business (which is really going to happen. for sure. wanna hire us?) and also work on me. i joined a gym here where i learn to punch and kick a punching bag in numerous ways. im going to paint the trailer and thus give it a new lease on life… and… im actually going to try and BLOG more :)

whoohoo right? right.

here’s a photo of Dan out doing something:
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we are here!!!

Posted on June 19, 2010 by dbkayak

So finally we are moved to the beach. its a bit overwhelming for sure, but its going to be worth it. Dan is here working already. I still have a few jobs to shoot with tracy turpen photography before i can officially be here for a while. I get to be here for this weekend though and that is good. i am shooting a wedding with a photographer from Malibu and i get to keep all the photos from my portfolio, so i can build one! that makes me happy.  I absolutely cant wait to start the business.

in other news… o wait. there really isnt any other news other than moving to the beach and working working working. its all consuming.

it will be very very nice when we finally get to slow down a bit.. but we never really do that honestly. thats ok with me.

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the happenings and goings ons so far

Posted on May 20, 2010 by dbkayak

Much information to disclose!

Ever since we finally got all settled in our apt here in the triangle, we have been feverishly making plans for the future. We just cant be settled yet. I guess we are simply planners and goal setters. Conversation after conversation led us to the conclusion that we would go for opening up our own business in January.

drum roll please

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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY!!!

That gives us 7 months to get on the ball. We have to decide where we want to launch this bad boy, where we want to live, a name for the business, logo, personality, branding, and everything else that goes along with it. I want to do this right, straight out of the starting line.

To prepare, i have been interning under the phenomenal Tracy Turpen. Her work is banana’s, as you will surely discover if you hit up her website and/or blog. No really. She will blow your socks off. I have already been to 3 weddings in this position and I am LOVING it. There is just something about a bride. I dont know what it is yet, but i have been teary eyed at each one so far. It’s hard to describe how blessed i feel to be working with her. I have been a huge fan of hers for at least 2 years now. Dan and I talked about how ridiculously perfect it would be if i could only learn from her. We dreamed about it the whole kayak trip even though she never announced the possibility of having an intern. It felt like fate when she made the announcement 2 weeks before we landed in Key West. Applying for it was my only motive when we got home. . and, like a gift from God, i got it! It’s a lot of work but it’s going to be so worth it. It already is. We’re going to rock this!

Suggestions for names for the photography business are gladly accepted. Dan and I are really excited.. obviously.

Ideas as of right now include: d&b, d&b imagery, daniel rose photography, in cahoots photography (with an owl as the logo), daniel gray photography, bethany gray photography… and so on.


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wondering

Posted on January 20, 2010 by dbkayak

snapshot, originally uploaded by bpmuzik.

Ive been busy as all get out here lately but its not nearly as overwhelming as it first was.

We have our apartment in semi-working order if you ignore the room full of: bins of outdoor gear, Christmas decorations, home decorations, stuffed animals, childhood relics, and scrap booking keepsakes that are not in scrapbooks as of yet. o well. you cant win em all can you?

We are also toying with the idea of moving. Why you ask? An exciting business opportunity has opened up for me and commuting 5 hours does not appeal to either of us. Now if only Dan can get a job there too… we might be packing all this stuff up all over again, u-hauling it 5 hours south, and unpacking. perhaps.

In other news, I have FINALLY organized all of our trip photos, which was a BEAR of a job. I SAT for a whole day, right here, at the computer. Felt lazy and extremely productive at the same time. Now as soon as we find out which ones we are going to have published, I can sort through them, edit them, and upload them in a tasty chunk so you can see the wonderfulness that we got to see alllll the way from Canada to Key West.

Side note: I really really want a doggie. And a kitty. And some new lenses and a flash for my camera. just fyi

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