How do I start this blog? How am I supposed to write in words how EPIC, AMAZING, and BRILLIANT Jasmine Star is... IN PERSON! YES... In person!! I got to meet THE Jasmine Star; my all time favorite wedding photographer on this planet, in person! I am very aware that I sound like a 14 year old girl meeting Justin Bieber but I truthfully can't help it.
It was either late January or early February when I came across Jasmine Star's latest blog... "THE FIX" She was touring 12 different states (of course one of them not being Hawaii because NO ONE ever comes to Hawaii! lol) to inspire and motivate and help other fellow photographers in the industry and teach us how to better ourselves and our businesses. I was reading the list of different states and came across SAN FRANCISCO... "OMG I AM GOING TO BE IN SAN FRAN IN MARCH... PLEASE TELL ME SHE WILL BE THERE IN MARCH... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!" The Fix San Francisco: March 20, 2012. "You have got to be kidding me..." I had my san fran trip scheduled from March 14 - March 18. Missed it by 2 days... just 2! I sunk in my computer chair and had the biggest BUMMER moment ever.
A couple of days passed and I contemplated and thought about the idea of extending and buying my ticket but never did anything. I have this list. It's a list I made and wrote when I first took the plunge and started my photography business. It's a very short list but nonetheless it was a list with 4 things on it that I wanted to accomplish for my business. One of them was "Meet and learn from Jasmine Star" That's when it clicked. Without hesitation I called Delta and extended my trip and bought my ticket to The Fix. I sat there with the receipt up on my screen and I seriously teared. SO lame and SO cheese I know but its the truth. I knew I was going to be meeting the ONE person I have been wanting to meet and learn from for so long and I was also crossing another thing off my list.
March 20 came around and I went to The Fix seminar. Jasmine Star is everything and MORE that I imagined she would be and she truly is a BRILLIANT woman. It started with her presentation and then she opened the floor to us where we could go up one by one and ask her questions. So many GREAT questions were thrown on the stage and Jasmine answered EVERY question so gracefully and ALWAYS had the answers. I learned SO much from this seminar and went home with great knowledge, confidence and friends. :)
How I run my business is like how I live my life. Take a lot of risks and chances and do what feels right. It may not be right all the time but no one is perfect and that is how you learn. So many people try to shape themselves or their business into what they think others will like or approve of. That is the biggest mistake anyone could make. I do what works for me, I always have and I always will and Jasmine Star helped to defend that. She too does the same. I don't use 500 off camera flashes and 8 DSLR cameras strapped to me while I work. (totally being dramatic with that but just let me run with it lol) I don't only wear black when I arrive to work at a wedding and rather rock a fierce trendy pink top. I do meet clients at Starbucks. I truly go into meeting and working with my brides to also make a friend. These are just a few things that makes me, me and what makes my business work for me. It works for me. Because of that I have been managing to have brides contact me who are PERFECT fits for me. Our personalities, sense of humor, style and taste... very similar! My business... I keep it real and true to what I believe in and that is why I have been so lucky to have worked with so many AMAZING couples that I love so much and have become great friends with.
Thank you Jasmine Star for allowing me to see that being who you are and incorporating that into your business is perfectly fine. YOU are fabulous! :)
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