One of the many important lessons I have learned in life is ..
Added 2020-07-07 04:41:07 +0000 UTCOne of the many important lessons I have learned in life is that much like love, a great friend is hard to find. I've known Carissa ( @lilithlightworker ) for several years now, made plenty of incredible work with her, but all of that pales in comparison to how good it feels to have someone who truly cares about you. I often talk about my friends on here, being a photographer has introduced me to a lot of wonderful and sweet people. But there are few who stick around that are willing to talk to you through both the ups AND the downs, and just always be there when you need them. I really cannot express how wonderful it feels to be able to do something as simple as invite someone to your birthday, and then have them ACTUALLY show up. It all sounds so silly, but there are some points in life where that just matters a lot more than you might ever imagined it would have. I wanted to tell you guys all of this because I want you to know that when I ask for your support for her, it's not because she asked me to or promised any sort of trade or anything like that. It's simply because I love her and I want her to feel the same love and support from you guys as you all have shown to me. Apart from that though, she is an extremely talented photographer herself. I've always been enamored with her work, from before I even met her I was so super impressed. You should have heard my excitement one night on a car ride we took to get some taco's one night; just to get to talk about photography with someone who I feel ACTUALLY knows what they are doing. Someone who ACTUALLY takes the initiative to learn on their own and grow as an artist, rather than simply expecting others to teach them every in and out. Technical knowledge can be taught all day, but it's meaningless if you aren't willing to branch out and experiment and grow on your own. I've watched Carissa grow from a very good photographer, to an AMAZING one. For this set, I am going to have things work slightly differently. Instead of asking you to leave a review on this set in order to get some bonus photos, I am going to ask you to subscribe to her instead. **You don't even need to purchase this set** just subscribe to her and message me with a screenshot and I'll message you some of the extra's some of you guys have all become accustomed to. To support her, just click this link and tap subscribe! She has some awesome content on her wall already (trust me I know, I've seen it first hand) including some of our work together that has not been seen elsewhere! Also don't be afraid to message her, I promise she's one of the sweetest most honest people I've ever met - and she knows how to turn up the heat as well 😉 @lilithlightworker OH!! After all of that, I almost forgot to describe this set at all. Recently, due to some life changes, we found ourselves further apart than usual. So we chatted about doing a facetime shoot and within the day we made it happen! We worked together to build a direction for the shoot, all the while I took photos of my iPad with my camera. I thought it was a bit of a clever twist on what has become a common shoot style since the pandemic began. I did take a few screenshots, but I found that doing so ruined the image quality of the call for several seconds after each photo, so it was hard to get many good images that way; it wound up being lucky that I had the thought of setting up my real camera for the occasion or we likely wouldn't have come up with such awesome shots for us to share with you! I mean...just look at that smile 🥰
