Why I do what I do. /// Scarlett Lillian Review

December 6, 2006, I had no idea what I was doing. I was amazed that Jessica put her trust in me to capture the most important day of her life. I wasn't getting paid, my parents and I were already attending Jessica's wedding as guests, so I had volunteered to shoot her wedding and give her free photos because I had just got my old Canon 30D, and I trying to determine if I even wanted to become a wedding photographer.

As I watched her cry tears of joy viewing the slideshow of images I put together to surprise her with during the reception, I was hooked.

Fast forward to today, I'm in the midst of attacking my email inbox and I ran across this email notification from Facebook that came in the other day.

As I reread it, I smiled and thought, "This is why I do what I do." Even though I look back at the images and cringe at how far I've come technically and artistically, this email proves, I'm not just a photographer, I'm a story teller.. a memory documentor... a person who gets the honor of capturing family history.

It's emails like this where I think, I could honestly care less if I ever win an award for my photography, because emails like this are the greater award. Thanks Jessica for bringing happy tears to my eyes too! :-)