I didn’t have a direction for my life. I was just living day-to-day, working a 9-5 job. I never wanted to own my own business. I was happy punching a time clock, working for someone else, having set hours and collecting my steady income. My (now ex) husband wanted me to quit my full time job and run his two companies. March 1, 2019 I quit my job, staring running his businesses full time, and he trained me to photograph real estate. I quickly fell in love with this “work”. I didn’t know what I was passionate about and what I wanted to do with my life, but my passion found me and I absolutely love what I do! Everyone these days seems to be a photographer! However, real estate photography have a certain niche. I also offer 3D, virtual tours and drone photos and video!

My best marking and source for new clients has been networking and word of mouth. Since real estate has agents, brokers, and independent realtors, I see a lot of referrals being passed from one agent/realtor to another. When I get a call or email from a new realtor/agent, they usually tell me they were referred to me by another realtor/agent. I don’t get a lot of “I found you through a Google search” or “ I found your card at a coffee shop”. I love to have the personal referrals and know that my work is great quality and I have the integrity that seems to be lacking in some businesses today.

When I was going through my divorce at the end of 2019, I felt lost and unsure of what to do career wise. Since I quit my full time job to run his companies, I didn’t know if I could make it as a new business woman. But I told myself to try it for a year and see if I could make this new found love a full time career. I could have sat on the couch and wallowed in my unfortunate circumstances or I could take the bull by the horns and rock this new job! Then March 2020 happened! COVID! Now what?! Some businesses closing down, some other jobs desperate for workers…. What to do? This was actually a great time for me! Business was booming. Since realtors couldn’t do live showings and open houses, they really needed to step up their marketing game for house listing! My business took off with the need to add virtual tours to their photos for the MLS posts. I have had an increase in revenue every year and this year is tracking about 30% increase so far and we still have 4 months left!