Welcome to my brand photography site!
I have been shooting professionally for almost two years now. When I started up back in the summer of 2008, I had no idea just how much creativity or joy from doing something just for me was missing from my life. My life, with six kids underfoot. Along came the opportunity to pick up my camera again. The chance to do something just for me. Photography has taken me on the most wonderful journey I could ever imagine. I am thankful for the all of the photo friends that have come into my life to stay, and for the encouragement from many different people along the way. When I feel like giving up, they are right there encouraging me to keep going. I am so happy to be a part of this giving community!
My new sites (both my boudoir site, and my photography site) wouldn’t be possible, or near as wonderful without the help and assistance from many people. The idea of creating two very separate and unique sites was a concept that was being developed back in January 2010. By February 18th, I had my very first meet up with my amazing designer Tanya Zboya of Zboya Design. She came up with so many beautiful concepts that I had a tough time choosing! I cannot say enough wonderful things about her, her work and her understanding of my very specific wants and needs. So thank you Tanya, from the bottom of my heart. I also want to thank Shane for doing all of the web stuff for me. I am so happy with how well it all turned out. We are talking MONTHS and months later to get everything as perfect as possible! I felt my past sites did not represent me, or speak to my clients and potential clients in the way I wished to represent myself on the web. Thus, the big change moving away from my template sites. They did serve their purpose for the time that I needed them. Although, the whole time I was wishing for a big change! I would look at both of my sites and not feel proud of them. I just felt I had what a lot of other photographers had out there. I realized I didn’t want to be like everybody else, because I am NOT like everybody else. I am me, Cathy Empey. This is my point of view, and I want my sites to reflect who I am. Who I am as a photographer. This whole process has been a wonderful learning process as well! A wise Californian photographer by the name of [ b ] had shared in his knowledge and suggested spending money on a custom website. So, finally I took the leap. A bit scary at first to make yet more changes, but excited to create something that was totally me. Now, when I look at my two new sites, I finally feel like I have what I have wanted this whole time!
Onto some more thank yous.
I also would like to say thank you to some wonderful wordsmiths in my life: Emma, and Kelly for writing some of the info on my sites for me. I couldn’t express (truly…) how much they both have helped me on both of my sites. I also would love to say thank you to my husband, Cliff and my six kids. They allowed me the time away from them all to get what I need to get done. And they continue to do so whenever I need it. They have been my biggest supporters. I am thankful to them all.
I would also like to thank my past clients for placing all of their trust in my vision to create for them their images. Trusting me to create images that are whimsical (true fact: I grew up with my Mom calling my whimsy and I love it!) lovely, delightful and fresh. I am always striving to create images that are unique to the client. Images that will be passed down from generation to generation. T
Two more important thank yous to give: Jennifer Rodriguez-Cruz for the photographs of me on my site and of course Scarlett for beautifying me for my close ups! So much appreciated!
I hope all will enjoy my brand new photography new site! Please bookmark it you wish, and subscribe to the reader! If you ‘like’ me please join my photography page on Facebook. And if you want read my tweets, I am also on twitter.
Also, I had posted several new posts before this official welcome. Be sure to click on the blog, and search the archives.
delightfully,
cathy
