I really can't thank all of the wonderful people who have entered my life through photography! This last year has been such a wonderful, exciting, growing year for me in my business. When I decided to take my love of photography from my own personal interest to a business, I don't know if I could say I thought I would be where I am today! A friend of mine had asked me last spring at a women's wellness weekend what made me start to love photography? It took so many questions from her to get out of me where my passion came from. After a lengthy conversation, she finally got it out of me. I have no photographs of my life growing up. I don't have a great memory of my childhood and youth, so it makes it hard for me to remember what I did or who I was. I made a conscious decision when I had my daughter that I was going to photograph EVERYTHING in her life so that she could have all her memories in a photo. As time went on, I just continued to love photography and realized I might be able to share my own personal passion with others for them to keep their memories for a lifetime. So here I am today! This year has just been FABULOUS!!! I have done so many things and have grown leaps and bounds! I thought about counting all the shoots that I did, but realized that would take me to long and I have a lot I should be working on. I thought I would just give a quick overview of what I have done this year. I put together a collection of photos that show a variety of the types of photos I did this year. I did not put every family on this or every event I participated in, but feel this is a pretty good snapshot. This year I was able to purchase a much nicer body for my camera and several lens. These pieces of equipment were crucial for increasing my quality of work. I was fortunate to take several photography classes from online services as well as spending a weekend in Chicago at a Photography Workshop from a fabulous Photographer. I changed my business name, I changed my logo, I changed my blog and website. I shot my first weddings, I was asked to partake in several events for charities. I took school team photographs, took high school play photographs on top of all my wonderful family shots, senior shots, newborn shots and of course all of my sibling shots. I have spent so much time trying to perfect my post processing of my photos. In looking through this collection of photos, I can see how I have grown in my quality of photography, what I like to do, what I am not that interested in doing and where I want to go! When I decided to leave my corporate job 2 1/2 years ago, I wasn't sure if I made the best decision. Today in 2013 with a thriving Photography Business and a new Photography Loft in Downtown Toledo, I can comfortably say I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION!!!! I can't thank all the wonderful people in my life who have supported me, invited me into their homes and lives to share just a piece of them with me! I hope to continue being a part of my clients lives for a very long time, through all the different exciting pieces of it! I look forward to more challenges, to do different types of photography in my new loft and making 2013 an even better year! Last but not least I NEVER could have done any of this with out my supporting husband. He truly has been my biggest fan and I love him dearly for allowing me to be me!!!
xoxoxo
Crystal Jozsa of Crystal Jozsa Photography
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