A Friend's Booking

Last weekend I had the unique experience of second shooting. I haven't done that in, oh, 4 years? The booked photographer, Summer Gibbs, is so sweet. I'd work with her again at the drop of a hat.

Why did I work with her? Because she needed me to. Sometimes I have clients who wonder (and it is a most-excellent question, too!) what happens if I'm sick. Or, if you book my husband, too, and the kids come down with something. This is a great example; what happens is I call one of the wonderful men and women also in this field who I have networked with, and they eagerly help. The one thing I can say is that the best photographers do this because they LOVE taking pictures. Though we are small business owners, and the perks are few...and sometimes the business becomes more of a passionate obsession then it should...when we miss our kids soccer games, or helping out with PTA, or not so many nights out with the girls...when we get secretary spread from sitting at the office chair hours on end digitally perfecting pictures, researching new techniques, and, well, networking, and then our eyes get all strained and squinty and our hands get tendinitis from constant use...it's something like breathing in the end. You just gotta. And if someone asks you to help, you say yes because of course you want to shoot anyway...
Well, you get the idea. I helped because I was glad to! Thanks Summer. :)