Face First...

Falling on your face sure hurts.

But if you can still get up, brush yourself off and walk a little it further, you are sure to gain your balance...

until you slip on a banana peel and fall on your face again...

its a vicious cycle and  it is the story of my life...

So yesterday I officially posted the ordering webpage for LSMSA Prom Pictures. I had lots of worries and doubts since it was my first ever Prom picture taking ordeal (I know, I sound like a true professional here...),

And well, to be honest...not all of them were the greatest pictures ever.

However, I did do my best, and I was proud of how a lot of them turned out.

But somehow, the bad always overshadows the good in our minds...

And this morning, despite the fact that someone had already placed an order, and several students had saved favorites in the gallery, I felt the clouds shading me from my sunshine.

The one couple who had actually paid up front at the prom, did not like their pictures, and wanted their money back....and of course I caved.

I wish my prom photographer had been so generous as to do this for me, my prom pictures were horrible! I threw them in the trash as soon as I received them at school. But no money back for me....

I digress...

Anyways, what I was trying to get to here (with the clever little beginning to my blog) is that, as a new photographer, and an even newer business owner, I am going to have to suck this up, take a step forward, and just wait for the next time I will fall on my face.

This isn't the first time, it definitely won't be the last, but I can't let it keep me down.

Yes, I can get heartbroken.

Yes, I can get all prego and hormonal and cry for hours over it (well while I'm still pregnant anyways).

And yes, I can definitely drown my sorrow in cake and icecream....(mmm...cake and ice cream....)

But NO! I can not let myself give up.

Okay, I may have sucked a little.

Okay, I have not got a letter back from the school saying that they loved the pictures, like I had expected to...

And Okay....I may not get asked to do prom pictures again!

But, I have learned a lesson...(I think)...and I have decided not to let it get to me.

(Now if someone could just let my hormonal emotional side know that I have made this decision...)

I am going to continue on, take some deep breathes, catch my balance, and prepare for the next banana peel, which I am pretty sure is right around the corner....

Kelly