Building a brand and an identity is definitely quite the undertaking! Portfolios, website, business cards, business plans, job hunting, and the list goes on! Even as I write this my fresh new website is under major construction. However, this is an exciting step in my photographic career as I prepare to graduate from Northwest College in small town Powell, Wyoming with my Associates of Applied Science in Photographic Communications in 5 weeks. It has been a challenge to do some self-reflection and figure out who I am, where I want to go, and how I’m going to do it. I come up with an idea but then I question “Is this really what I want to do? Are these the trials and tribulations I want to settle with?”. Because every job and career path is laced with success and struggle, it is choosing which you want to claim as your own. With so many different opportunities it is hard to choose just one.
None the less, I am stepping and sometimes stumbling into the future. I may not know where I’m going but by building my identity as a photographer it will be easier to go somewhere and say, “Here I am, and this is what I do”. In the last few months, I have been building a portfolio of composites where each image is a compilation of images inspired by places I have been, things that I have experienced and even songs that I have heard! My goal is that this will be my main style of capturing a moment and sharing it. How exactly that will evolve into a career is yet to be determined. But I am optimistic!
I have much to learn and far to go, but the current journey is not one to be forgotten!
Tia Erin Artistry 