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Passion, a Camera and a Dream

Stephanie Reid • June 14, 2017

I am a big believer that everyone should follow their dreams. I would have never thought I would have wanted to be a full-time photographer, but life has a way to surprise us and keep us on our toes. From the time, I was young I always had trouble being creative or thinking outside of the box for projects during school but I could be creative through photography and always find the beauty in everything.

I have always been a lover of animals and nature and that’s where it all started. I would pretty much take pictures of anything and everything whether that was sunsets, dragonflies or cows. Throughout the years, I came to realize that I really enjoyed talking pictures, so I decided to take photography in high school and I got to learn so many cool tips and tricks. For the rest of high school and into university I slowly grew away from photography to focus on my education. Around Christmas time of my second year of university I saw that Best Buy had a sale on nice cameras and it came with two different lens (it was really a great deal) and totally out of nowhere I decided to buy it… even though I probably should have been saving money.

After that I started to take pictures of animals, landscapes and slowly started into people (thank you to all of my friends and family that I forced into being models). It wasn’t until the summer of 2016 that I realized that I wanted to be a full-time photographer and I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. In university, I didn’t take any sort of photography courses or classes but my degree was actually in agriculture which in my other passion. All I knew is that I wanted to be a photographer and I was the happiest behind the lens and nothing was going to stop me. Here we are a year later and I am growing my business and I couldn’t be happier.

I would encourage anyone that has a dream that seems crazy to go after it. Do what you love every day and never give up. I honestly can’t wait to see what the future brings and to see where this journey will take me.

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