There is a quiz going around Facebook currently for children to answer questions about their parents. Unprompted. One of the questions was “What does your mom do for work?” As a person of many businesses and professional endeavors, I was curious about which trade my 7 year old son would choose to describe mine.
His answer: “She’s a photographer – but really she is on the computer all day.”
Of course. That answer makes sense. All of my studio and consulting sessions are scheduled for when he is at school. All other sessions are on location somewhere and he is not home. Most business projects are at my client’s sites, and then the rest really IS behind a computer.
Some days I am busy packaging up beautiful products for clients, some days I am at the beach looking for seashells with adorable families, and yes, some days (actually, a LOT of days) I am behind the computer putting it all together.
Years ago (before digital photography) days at the studio meant cutting negatives and putting them on crop cards to send out to the lab for printing. Assembling wood frames (from scratch). Retouching photos (with photo pigment and dyes) or and then spraying them with an aerosol gloss or lustre finish. It could mean assembling an album by mounting the photos with a heat press onto foam core or matte board.
It’s amazing how much of that is now accomplished behind a computer. Manufactures have made it too easy, too cost effective and their products too luxurious to be mounting and gluing and spraying anything for ourselves these days.
I do embrace technology and all it has to offer. Even if it means most of my “behind the scenes” days are behind a computer. I’ll take it!
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Angelsea Urban is a entrepreneur and photographer helping families to nourish their homes, relationships and businesses through meaningful portrait photography, business consulting and management for entrepreneurs, teaching practical stewardship and home management systems, and creating simple products and tools that maximize the quality of our lives. Her unique photography work focuses on Redefining the Family Portrait Experience by telling the story of family through personalized foundations while creating a space to strengthen family bonds throughout the experience. As a certified tax professional and seasoned business consultant, Angelsea has helped the careers of photographers, restaurateurs, musicians and general small business owners through teaching, workshops, coaching, and hands on consulting. She has photographed for families, brides, Bravo TV, NFL Films, and more and has been published in multiple blogs and magazine print for her work in photography and in strategic business management. Angelsea teaches and photographs throughout the United States, and resides with her husband of 17 years, their two children, and their barely 3 pound Yorkie near Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
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Steve Urban - So proud… You are such an amazing, talented woman. I still cannot grasp how you can wear so many hats, and be such an artist too. Love you xoxo 🙂