I’ve really been looking forward to another session together, I’ve been thinking about it all month and the questions you asked and what you wanted to know. So many options and so many things I want to share! So let’s eat a piece of cake and sip some tea and let the inspiration flow.

How did you get where you are now?
This is a really long story, and if you want to hear the whole thing send me an email cause I’m going to give the quick version here.

After trying to find my way in the photography world, I got a call from a friend that would change the course of my career. She asked for boudoir photos, something I hardly knew anything of and wasn’t sure I could do. I agreed thinking it would be a fun day of hanging out with her and trying something new.

It changed me. It changed her. It changed my business.

From then on, I knew I wanted to be a women’s photographer, especially a boudoir photographer. I asked friends to model for me and created a new category on my website under boudoir. The response was great, people were interested and booked me. I wasn’t crazy busy but I was happy.

In between photographing stunning and real women I was also photographing families, babies, and couples. It’s fun, but one weekend I had 4 sessions, all of them being difference genres of photography with the last one being boudoir. By the end of the weekend I thought I would have been dead tired, but my last session was boudoir and I came home bouncing off the wall with a huge smile across my face I knew again, boudoir and women is where my passion is.

Once we moved to the Netherlands, I knew I no longer wanted to be a photographer who did a little bit of everything but someone who was an expert and passionate about one thing. Boudoir and women, and I’m running full force!

Any advice for me on what to do to start my own business?

You need to know what you’re passionate about, and then focus that niche even more. If it’s photography, what do you LOVE to photograph, not what you think will make you money. If you love to sew, what do you love sewing? It could be tea cozies for that hipster down the street! Be passionate about it and really figure out why you’re running after it and who you’re providing your gift and passion for.

If you’re not too sure what you love to do past what you’re passionate about, slow down and take some time to figure it out. As much as we want to run towards the idea of owning and running our own business. Stop a minute and really take some time to really figure out what you love to do. Is it taking photos of animals or street art? Is it writing poems or children’s books?

The more time you take to figure this out, the more it will help steer you in the right direction for your business. It will also help you figure out who to market to and who to attract. This is huge! If you start off writing romance novels but actually love writing children’s books it’s going to much harder down the road to make that switch.

So figure it out, and then come out with a rocking portfolio because you’ve been practicing and are now an expert in your niche!

Do you know what your niche is? Tell me, what are you struggling with while figuring it out?

Did you like your cake?! I love sugary goodness!