We recently connected with Sally Kamara and have shared our conversation below.
Sally, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Going back to the beginning – how did you come up with the idea in the first place?
After embarking on a spiritual journey to Christianity, I became particularly intrigued by the idea that God created us all for a special purpose. It made me realize the lack of passion and purpose I had for my current profession in Accounting. Shortly after, I decided to quit my job in faith, fully committed to identifying my passions and learning my purpose in life. I soon learned I simply wanted to inspire and uplift others in whatever way I could creatively, so I did just that. I began to create spaces for women to be uplifted and encouraged. I launched a beauty brand called Rooted Radiant Beauty to promote self love and God’s love. I started speaking at events sharing my faith and entrepreneur journey. I mentored young women in their faith and finances putting my accounting degree to use. I also started a youtube channel making videos to share my faith journey that would inspire others. That’s when I got my first camera and absolutely fell in love with portrait photography. Shortly after I decided to take it seriously and became a freelance brand photographer. I knew this was aworthwhile endeavor because I felt the passion for it. I love capturing photos of my clients and helping them see themselves.
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 am a Jersey girl, born and raised. About a year and a half ago, while in the midst of growing in my journey in my walk with God and my entrepreneurial ventures, I felt called by God to move to Dallas, TX to relocate my life and attend seminary/ministry school. I have since moved to Dallas, begun seminary school and have begun relaunching brand photographhy business here in Dallas.
While I am in seminary school studying Theology and Christian Education, I am also a brand portrait photographer here in the DFW area. I specialize in photography for brands, business owners, and influencers. I also specialize in engagement photography. I love capturing my subjects through my lens, telling their stories, and most importantly showing them a view of themselves that they don’t always get to see or appreciate. I am most proud of becoming a published photographer for my cover shot in the Dallas Theological Seminary Magazine, Summer 2023 Edition. I think what sets me apart is my passion and my ability to see people the way I believe God sees them, in all their captivating beauty and glory. I have the ability to translate that into photos that portray the true essence of my subjects.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
I believe my journey in entrepreneurship illustrates my resilience. This journey has been anything but smooth, it’s been pretty bumpy to say the least but each bump has come with new lessons and new gratitude so I’m grateful for it all. I think the biggest struggle has been fear. Fear is such a ruthless emotion that threatens everything in its path. I felt fear at every pivotal point in my story. Getting past it has been challenging but I’ve learned that sometimes you have to “do it” scared, whatever it may be.And it turns out fear is just an illusion. Another struggle has been the art of graceful transition, if there is even such a thing. My life has been full of transition over the years but nothing more jarring than uprooting my life in New Jersey and moving to Dallas. Learning to navigate transition can be a challenge especially because we’re not always meant to be moving amidst transition. Sometimes we just need to be still while life works itself out. That’s the part of the road I’ve more recently been on. Being still and letting my story unfold while all the parts around me are still moving. And lastly the struggle to simply have faith when everything looks crazy. Relaunching my photography business in a new city where I don’t know anyone or have clientele causes hesitation but that’s where my faith had to kick in and carry me, and it has. I feel more confident and have gon to new measures and levels of creativity in my photography.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://shotbysallyk.pixieset.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ShotbySallyK and https://www.instagram.com/SignedbySallyK
- Youtube: @SignedbySallyK