Hi There,
I wanted to give you a little background about me! And tell you Bright Lights is here and up and running!
Well, my
family and I moved to Traer (IA) when I was in the 1st grade. Growing
up I didn't really think about photography, I concentrated on sports,
soccer most of all. So when I first started to get into photography I
was in high school. There I joined the Yearbook Staff and really enjoyed
taking pictures! After being in the yearbook I started taking pictures
of my younger brother and sister in the various sports they played, for
my mom so she could scrapbook. As high school graduation was approaching
I was faced with the big question, "What are you going to do with the
rest of your life?"
As graduation came and went I decided I was going to graduate from the
University of Northern Iowa with a teaching degree in Physical
Education. After a year or so I wasn't happy with were I was or what I
was doing. That summer over break I found myself walking our family dog,
and one day I decided to take along my mom's little digital camera. I
was hooked! I started taking pictures of everything! Back at school the
next fall I had decided to switch my major to photography.
After switching majors I took a couple "photography" classes at UNI, but
I still wasn't happy with where I was. After some encouragement from my
mom I applied to Hawkeye Community College and their Photography
Program. I received my acceptance letter and right away called my mom. I
was so excited, so that Winter break I packed up my dorm room and moved
back home, and started Hawkeye in the spring.
That 1st spring semester I was at Hawkeye I took a few business classes,
and in the Fall of 2010 I started the Profession Photography Program. I
was so excited and nervous. That first day I remember getting out of
class and thinking, "Oh my gosh, how am I going to remember all of
this!" I got through that 1st semester just fine! I had started a
job/internship the summer before my 1st semester of photography classes
at Mo Co Creative Services and throughout that 1st year and through that
summer I worked for Molly Clubb, the owner, as an
assistance/photographer.
I just want to take a moment here and say that I am ever so thankful for the opportunity. With that job I learned
so much, and would like to say thank-you to Molly. So thank-you Molly for the opportunity to work with you!
So after my 1st year of photography classes I started my 2nd year of
classes, and it has been so much fun. Learning and doing what I love! So
here we are a week before my last semester at Hawkeye and I have just
bought Molly's photography business from her! (
Mo
Co. Creative Services is still going strong and is proud to offer
everything a big city advertising agency does right here in Traer.)
Thank-you
for taking some time and getting to know me a little bit! I hope that I
will have a chance to get to know you a little bit too!
Feel free to check out the rest of our website! Be sure to check out the Promotions page. Look for us to be up on Facebook the 1st of the year!
We are booking sessions now! Hope to hear from you soon! Also, basketball and wrestling pictures from the start of the season will be going up on the Redhawks Sports Page soon, be sure to check it out!
