who i am...

For so long, I have struggled with the question of who am I. I spent year after year trying to morph myself into someone else. Someone who was sophisticated. Someone who was soft-spoken. Someone who did not care so darn much about everything in life. Someone who was not complex. Someone who is the very opposite of everything I am today.

It was a long and hard path to get to this point. The point in which I finally understand the answers to the question I struggled with for so long. To be honest, I am still struggling, which is why I am writing this. To remind myself that I am learning. I believe the last few years of facing obstacles was to help me discover missing pieces of the answers I have been seeking for in my twenties. This became evident when I recently started my rebranding project with Amy at Candy Apple Studios. She is a phenomenal artist, and I cannot wait to see what she creates for my new brand! Part of her process is to answer a questionnaire; the part of the process I feared but had to face. And, it was a big piece to the process. Defining in words who am I. So, after a whole lot of thinking (and help from my sweet husband!), I landed on loud, colorful, whimsical, sweet, Indian, fun and a modern interpretation of vintage. A few questions later, she asked what I wanted my brand to convey. And, that took all but five seconds to answer. Me. The loud, colorful, whimsical, sweet, Indian, fun and modern interpretation of vintage me.

I want to build a brand that says who I am in the font, the design and the colors. After all, I want to be unique. And, I want to stick out. Because of the hundreds upon hundreds of photographers out there, all I have to set myself apart from the next photographer is me. And, for the gal in her early twenties who was wishing for sophisticated, soft-spoken, not compassionate and simple, I would advise her to not try so hard to walk in someone else's shoes. To be herself. To own every inch of herself. To embrace being a Type A perfectionist, caring and loving so darn much, being loud, for always bringing color into every aspect of her life and for stepping outside of the box and playing with fire. After all, that is what got me to this point in my life. For finally choosing to own who I am each and every day. And, for anyone else who struggles with this...just a sweet little reminder...there is not a better version of you out there than yourself. So, own it and rock it out! With a smile.