Paparazzi

Starting after the summer of 9th grade, I started to work for our church’s summer day camp programs for kids as a camp counselor. Adventures from there can be a story for another time. I continued to work in the camp every summer throughout highschool and every year I had a plan for what I would do with my money. I would collect as much research as I could to make sure that I was getting the best of the best for what I could afford. I made a plan of how much to set aside from each paycheck to afford this item by the end of the summer. 

Every year I bought… A digital camera. 

This was the era before iPhones so buying a digital camera was the only way to get good pictures. (I remember the year that iphones came out I did try to budget and see if it would be affordable on my camp counselor salary of $7.15 an hour, but clearly that wasn’t going to happen.) 

As you might be catching on now, I was a kid of many interests and continue to be an adult of many interests. I loved to take pictures…. of my dog Mushu. He was a perfect model that I trained to stay still on command until I gave him treats. He was my baby Mushu, mutsy-wusty- mumuuuu.. Etc. 

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I also took pictures of my friends and any fun activities. But let’s be real, I loved my dog more than anything. 

So here I am, taking pictures again. It’s fun. It’s fun. It’ssss funnnn… 

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No but really I do enjoy it! I mainly took it back up because I saw the costs of headshot sessions and decided I could just do it myself. The headshots are for my daughter because she wants to be a star! One of her goals is to get an agent and start doing dance and/or commercial work.

I bought a Canon 7D off of Facebook for a good deal and a nice 85mm lens as well off of facebook. And look I take pictures of...

My pets! Also my kids too. I don’t know who gave them permission to be this cute and photogenic. 

Enjoy some pics. I will keep posting with more as I get them!

-Katya