Some Thoughts

Recently I have been getting a lot of messages from a lot of different photographers, the statements I hear most in these messages are:  "Wow, you are so young, that's so inspirational"  Let me just say, having photographers that are much older then I am- some that I know, some that I don't and some that I really look up to say that to me, is by far the most humbling experience of my life!  It always brings tears to my eyes when I get told something along those lines.

I just feel a statement like that is so far from the truth. Me? Inspirational? Seriously? Your joking, right? That's just so difficult for me to grasp!! I just take pictures, there's nothing special about what I do! I photograph my surrounds and the people I love, how I truly see them. Each photograph is really personal because it allows the world to see something or someone through my point of view. I'm not bringing world peace, i'm not feeding all the hungry children of the world, I'm just doing what I love. To know that someone thinks that what I make is beautiful and inspirational is such a blessing and a gift- a gift so big and great words can not even describe how much it blesses me.

I wake up everyday and feel so incredibly overwhelmed with gratuidade.  The fact that people are so willing to pour so much into my life that they will go to such great lengths because they want me to succeed is absolutely mind blowing to me. I am so incredibly grateful for it all. I will never be able to say "Thank- you" enough. 

Let me leave you with this quote. I say this quote to myself at least once a day. It really fits where I am in my life right now. I hope it speaks to you the way it did to me! 

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others." ~ Marianne Williamson 

Take a minute to breathe and relax and be grateful for all the beauty that surrounds you.

Have a nice week, friends

~The guy behind the camera, Chase :)