I love it when my clients or a second shooter will tell me that I’m so laid back. I think I mostly love it because I feel that I’m anything BUT laid back. I’m a class A worrier and an out of control planner. I like knowing when and where I plan to be somewhere and I hate it when I try to make plans with a friend and they are super vague about what time they’d like to meet. For most of my life I’ve been the type of person who stresses out about the unknown. I like having a plan or at the very least, some guidelines I can go by for how my day/week will go. For some reason this gives me security and makes me feel a lot safer. I like to feel like I’m at least somewhat in control of my life and knowing what to expect seems to help me.

This week all of my best laid plans seemed to get lost somewhere in the shuffle. I planned out my week pretty carefully because I had A LOT to do. So everything was planned out by day to make me mega efficient. I even scheduled time for me to hang out and spend time with a friend on Thursday evening to celebrate my upcoming birthday. HA. Too bad the weather had other plans. Damn you, rain! So now my Tuesday plans are on Thursday, my original Thursday plans are still TBD, and I’m doing my best to not freak out and to just ROLL with it. I was kind of upset I couldn’t follow through with my shoot on Tuesday, but you know what? When life gives you lemons you make lemonade. So John and I checked the Williamsburg forecast and said screw it, we’re going to Busch Gardens. And guess what? When we got there, only two of the roller coasters were even open. So I ate a corn dog and we rode the open rides, and then we had frosties on our way home. IT WAS THE BEST AFTERNOON. And it totally was what I needed to remind me WHY I’m a full time photographer now…so that I have time to enjoy the little moments like that. The shoot will get done. The flowers have not died (thankfully) and the two people who are involved in it with me have just been the BEST.

It’s kind of ironic that this is my life and my career is wedding photography…Wedding photography is SO unpredictable. No two weddings are the same and crazy things pop up all the time where you have to be ready to just roll with it and make it work. And that’s something I love about weddings! I need to learn to love it in real life too. Life is never going to slow down and it’s never going to stop throwing crazy things my way….in fact I think the craziness will be more intense and unpredictable since I’m self employed now. I can’t predict what every day will hold or when I will get paid, or what I will learn or not learn or encounter with every turn I make. But I can learn to roll with it and just go with the flow and look for the good in all of these moments that may or may not frustrate the type A control freak inside of me.

Here’s a peek at something that went as planned this week:) I went out to Sandbridge yesterday afternoon to take some family portraits for April and John and little baby Addy. LOVED their coordinating outfits;)