We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Logan Bomar. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Logan below.

Logan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear the story of how you went from this being just an idea to making it into something real.

I found a love for photography during my junior year of high school. At my high school, we did fine arts competitions, I never had any interest in these competitions; however one of my friends had entered a landscape photo into the competition, so out of support for my friend, I went and checked out his competition piece. Well, when I saw it my first thought was, “wow, I want to do something like that”, and from that moment, my interest in photography took off. With this new found interest, I didn’t have a professional camera, or any camera for that matter, except for the one in my pocket- my Iphone 6s. From there, I began photographing anything and everything, and eventually worked up to getting my first camera. After just taking photos of whatever I could for about 3 years, I began to grab the attention of friends and family with my work. Up until this point, I had never really considered photography as a business, much less, I did not even like it when people would refer to me as a photographer because I didn’t necessarily think I was good enough to call myself a photographer. After doing photography for about 3 years, with no pay, friends and family sat down with me, and we talked about my journey as a photographer; they shared their opinions on my work, and eventually convinced me that I was skilled enough to take my photography to a professional level, and after months of debating on whether I should try to take my photography to the next level, my business was born.

Logan, 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?

I feel like I answered this in the last question, but my name is Logan Bomar. I am a portrait photographer from the Memphis Area. I have been doing photography professionally for about a year and half. It seems that people now days are so quick to refer to themselves as a photographer the second you put a camera in their hand; however, that was not the case for me. I was so hesitant to call myself a photographer because I felt as if my work wasn’t good enough to earn an income, and as I began to transition into the a professional photographer, this is ideology was one of the hurdles that I had to overcome as an upcoming artist. So, I am most proud of myself for dealing with that insecurity head on because in doing that, I realized that greatness is just on the other side of comfort. In my short time in the photography business, I’ve learned that it is not other artists or people hold us back from achieving what we want to achieve, it’s us. In order to achieve those ambitious goals, you have to learn to get out of your own head, and just go out and execute those goals.

Another thing about me that most people don’t know until they meet me for the first time is that I’m disabled, and I often refer to myself as the “disabled photographer.” I have cerebral palsy, and naturally, it grabs people’s attention, but even more so, when I’m on a shoot with a client. During shoots, I often see people breaking their necks trying to watch me do what I love, but I welcome it because I want people to be inspired by what they see and realize that the only limitations that you have are the ones that you put on yourself.

Any stories or insights that might help us understand how you’ve built such a strong reputation?

If you’re new to the market, don’t be afraid to provide your service for free. I see so many photographer’s who despise working for free, and if you have been in this industry for awhile, then yes, I agree; don’t work for free, but if you are new to the industry, be a yes man, do the work, build your portfolio. People are not going to pay for something if you have nothing to show for it. So, to the creative just starting out, build your portfolio, and gradually build up to paid work. Get away from the idea that working for free is something you don’t do, because more often then not, that free work will open doors that you, otherwise wouldn’t have access to.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding thing about being a photographer is seeing a clients face light up when they see their gallery for the fist time, or hearing about how the client cried because you out did yourself. You don’t know what people are going through, so just the idea that you may have made someone’s day just a little brighter by giving them something that earns value as time goes on means the world to me.

Contact Info:

• Website: lcphotography26.mypixieset.com
• Instagram: l.c._.photography_
• Other: email: [email protected]