We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Emily-Rose Santamaria a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Emily-Rose thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

As I’m growing my creative career, I am always learning new skills. I started out not knowing much about the way to use a camera, just a desire to take good pictures, but every day I learn more. I love getting to know my camera and seeing what can be created.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I became a clinical social worker as that has been my dream career for the longest time. Though, growing up I always had a knack for photography, and other technology in general. I had always wanted a nice camera since being a teenager, as I realized it became a desire of mine to capture life through a lens. When I graduated college and finally got a camera, my hobby exploded. Capturing the details in nature, landscapes, and portraits has become a true passion. I love having people look at my photos and see a new perspective and natural beauty. Having people walk away from a shoot with me and feeling beautiful in their skin is my most important goal for taking portraits. I am learning more each time I take a photo and I am eager to continue honing my craft.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Perfectionism. Perfect doesn’t exist. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes progress. Aim for progress and celebrate the little wins.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Every day being a creative is difficult. There is good, solid competition everywhere. Working with creatives, rather than competing against, is a gift to utilize to not only network but to learn skills and hone your crafts in collaboration with one another.     

Contact Info:

• Website: eyesofminephoto.wixsite.com
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Eyes of Mine Photography