The Future Of My Blog

Here I am again with another gap (3 months) between my posts. Every time I wanted to sit and write, something else or someone else needed my attention more. Our lives got busy with school starting, my husband coaching soccer, and of course our five precious kids. Now that it is the middle of October, things have slowed down a bit, which I am thankful for. Soccer season is over for my husband and we are on our school routine. Routines are always great for us! We are looking forward to the holidays!

I could fill you in on every little detail in our lives that has happened within the past 3 months, but I won't do that. Suffice it to say, our kids are growing way to fast! Instead, I am going to fill you in on a personal venture that has been going on with me and the future of my blog.

Last year I started a photography business. Photography has been a hobby of mine since I was 14. I am 32. Yeah, I know kind of a long time to wait to finally turn it into a business. Mind you, my focus the last few years has been on my kids. Next school year, all 5 kids will be in school, pre-k through 4th! I will have more time to be able to run a business. I have written a little bit about my business on here, not much seeing as it didn't go with my niche. I will share a link to my Facebook site below.

The camera (Fujifilm) that I had broke at the beginning of August. I was devastated. It was one that I have had since February 2015. Thankfully I didn't lose any pictures because it takes an SD card. I have had the camera for a while and one thing you should know about me is I love cameras and I love taking pictures. I love being creative while editing in Photoshop. I enjoy capturing memories for people so that they have something to treasure for years to come. The feeling of devastation was valid.

My old camera.

I am was in the market for a new one anyway and it is was on my Christmas list. Little did I know, my husband already bought me a new camera (Nikon D3500) and was going to wait until Christmas to give it to me. He told me he had a huge plan for the present, too. He was sad that he had to give me my camera early. He gave it to me in the middle of August. I had some photo shoots scheduled and he knew I didn't want to disappoint my clients. I have been using my new camera basically non stop in all of my free time (instead of writing).

My new camera.

I am so excited that I have a new camera! With that said, what does this mean for my blog if I am going to be diving head first into photography? To put it simple, my blog won't get as much attention. When I do blog, I will be blogging more about my photography I will still write about my family, faith, hope, love, and friends (the roots of my blog), but I want to share more of my photography skills.  Readers, please be patient with me as I make some changes to my blog. I hope you will continue to support me and read my blog! Know this, no matter the changes to come, my blog will still be a place where I want light to shine in a dark world, where you can always find faith, hope, and love. 

My logo!

Check out some of the photos I have taken with my new camera (only sharing pictures of my kids)!
Link to my Facebook page is below!

www.facebook.com/jessical.martinphotography