We recently connected with Meghan Gorman and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Meghan thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Have you been able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? Was it like that from day one? If not, what were some of the major steps and milestones and do you think you could have sped up the process somehow knowing what you know now?

I have been able to earn a full time living as a professional photographer with my business, Meghan Marie Studio, but it hasn’t always been that way. There comes a point for many in the creative field where they need to decide if they want to continue their hobby as is or transition into a job, which I had to do as well, and when I decided that photography would be a job, not a hobby, major steps to get us to where we are today included investing in business education and taking our  ego out of the art of what we do. I don’t wish to go back and expedite the process of making MMS what it is today, but I believe you can never learn too much about the business you’re in, your craft, and yourself and these three things have been very influential with being able to earn a full time living with MMS.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Meghan Marie Studio started in 2013 and focuses on connecting with people, the value of photography, and supporting people in their relationships, as well as offering professional and intentional photography products and services. We are a team of professional photographers and we do many weddings but are currently in a transition period of growing our team to be available to serve not only more weddings, but portraits and non-wedding events. We really strive to listen and converse with people and what their needs are to make the experience and product tailor-made to them. Our team also has learned to be open-minded to see what the people we serve can teach us in our time together.

In the beginning, I, personally, never wanted to be a photographer in business for myself and really disliked capturing weddings. However, I felt that God was leading me onto this path and when I finally stopped fighting against this idea, I found purpose and joy in doing the thing I said I’d never do. As Michael Scott would say, “Oh, how the turn tables.”

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

The main driving goal behind Meghan Marie Studio is to listen to what God is calling us to do. This keeps changing as myself and our team go through different seasons, but it consistently has been related to how to love and serve people with our skills.

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

When someone is an artist or creative, you are creating for yourself and sharing it with others. When you transition into a professional career, sometimes you have to unlearn that part of the process, depending on what area you go into.

With weddings, specifically, I remember being very frustrated when people had requests for certain shots, but, as I gained more experience and became married myself, I realized how self-centered that was, and though they came to me because of my skills, they can still have a say in the direction of where THEIR photos go.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.meghanmariestudio.com
• Instagram: @meghanmariestudio
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/meghanmariestudio
• Other: pinterest.com/meghanmariestudio

Image Credits
All images belong to Meghan Marie Studio.