We recently connected with Brooke Stevens-Patrick and have shared our conversation below.

Brooke, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?

HA! I pretty much feel like I want to throw in the towel and get a 9-5 job every year. Running a small business is a lot of work. You wear many hats. Work longer hours than you want sometimes. You find out what kind of perfectionist you really are with some things and how personal everything becomes. You want to make sure every client is completely pleased with not only their products but their experience. You cringe at the word taxes. You put a lot of pressure on yourself. It can all be exhausting! Then you create something that brings your client to tears of joy or make a 17 year old girl feel beautiful for maybe the first time in their life and it is worth all of it.

Brooke, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

When I started my business 15 years ago I was all over the board with my photography, no specialty. Over the years I found that the thing I love the most is photographing high school seniors. It’s kinda my niche. They are fun and every personality is so different. I try to bring that out in their session. I want them to be themselves and capture THAT! We have an amazing Senior Rep team that we get to hang out with all year. We also do destination seniors travelling out of state. This year so far we will be going to California and Washington. Our products are gorgeous including layflat albums, image boxes, and framed wall portraits.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

I love to be different than others, shoot different, light different, give a different experience, offer different products, I continue to make changes, try to better my craft, practice new techniques and really get to know my client so I can give them an amazing senior experience.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

Go where your target client is. For me that would be Instagram. I ask my clients what they like to see and do that.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.brooke-photography.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/revolutionaryseniors
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/brookephotographyaz
• Twitter: @brookephotog