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Panoramas for days. Time away from the normal is fuel for my soul. We are in the Midwest with family, watching them parent, get frustrated, care for their littles, calm worries, throw dinner together, get overwhelmed, speak life in the small moments... Watching them do life with their people. It's my favorite kind of teaching --- the kind that invites you in to watch someone's everyday. Someone's mundane. Someone's normal. These views don't hurt either.
Hi, friends. This is Enneagram-time with J. I'm a 7w6. AND IF U LIVE IN A HOLE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ENNEAGRAM IS (Jk. I am not coming at u), it is a psychology tool that has been around for awhile but gained traction and trendiness lately. Which I am totally okay with. We had to take it in college. And it tells you why you do some of the things you do. And it shows you a box that you naturally are in, but pushes you out of that box too. It's not a lot of people's jams, but the first time I read some things and listened to some podcasts, I was totally floored. I felt seen. I felt like it was verbalizing and putting into words things that I had struggled with or cycles I have been in my entire life. It was weird. It takes a little effort and patience to find your number, but once you do it hits you in the face LIKE A TRUCK. It was easy for me, growing up, to not slow down and see. Really see. I never took the time to understand the things that were hard for me. I want to change. I want slowness, even though it's not easy for me. I want to say the hard things out loud and sit in it, even though it's totally not natural. I want to dream big and do the boring, little things to make that dream a reality, even though like I am likely to get distracted by another dream in the midst. --- What do you know about a TYPE 7? COMMENT UR TYPE IF YOU KNOW IT *IF you are into this, I'll talk your ear off*
I will travel to you. (EEP CAN U BELIEVE IT?) COMMENT UR STATE TO GET ON MY TRAVEL SCHEDULE, Friends. I am driving through the plains of Wyoming, dramatic landscapes of South Dakota, and snowy mountains of Colorado counting up all the states that I have memories in. 27? 28? I am over the halfway cuff and it's super special (BUT ALSO a little weird to think about) that 90% of the times have been with B. *Cue nostalgic montage* Ok. Back to your states. WHERE R U AT? Where is home for you? Where are you heading for a trip? Where is this year's beach trip? COMMENT UR STATE BELOW YA.
Want to know how to feel less nervous before and during your session? Or how to experience it with complete ease? --- The answer is simple: find yourself a great photographer you feel comfortable with and more importantly, change your mindset going into in. What I mean by changing your mindset is, talking about your scheduled time as a time out with your people instead of saying you're going to have photos taken at all. Talk to them about where you are going and what you will do there. What will they see? Smell? Feel? What could they collect? Spark their interest by getting them (and you!) excited about wherever you're going. If it's an in-home session, plan to do something fun you know your they with love. Be intentional with activities or ways of interacting with your people that bring out expressions/qualities you love about them in this season. What are all the little things about now you don't ever want to forget? Most of us aren't natural in front of the camera. *But* you don't have to be. All you need to be is natural with and make an effort to connect well with the ones you love.
Jesus loves you so much; And He died to give you New Life. The good news for messed-up, brokenhearted people (raising my hand high over here) is that God can make you a new person and give you a new purpose. The bad news is that lots of self-sufficient, too-proud-to-beg, too-big-to-follow types (OK. ALSO ME AM I RIGHT?) will miss out on the New Life God offers in us in Jesus. --- “I have been crucified with Christ and it is no long I who lives but Christ who lives in me and the life I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20)
2020 GRADS!!!? Parents, I am doing all the work for you. Styling, organizing, planning, and making sure your kids don't look like a mess. But they're still them - ya know? To get all the details, HAVE YOUR JUNIOR SIGN-UP FOR SENIOR PICS. www.thirtyfiveandoaks.co/2020