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Dream

Have you ever felt like giving up, throwing in the towel, calling it quits? I had a moment, a big moment this week. My mind turned into a whirlwind of negative thoughts. I had just looked at a blog post of a beautiful California wedding. Instead of thinking “Wow! These images are awesome”, my thoughts were more like “I could never get shots like that, not here.” That was just the beginning of my negativity. Am I just chasing a dream, a dream that is too big for my budget, my small town, and above all a dream that is too big for ME? 

This week I felt like I had lost my fire, my passion for photography. The truth was I was just jealous, oh so jealous. I wanted a beautiful place to take bridal portraits; I wanted to take photos at a unique building with amazing architecture, or a sandy beach. I mean field shots are stunning, don’t get me wrong; I was just yearning for something different. What I really needed was to realize that these things shouldn’t limit me. The venue of the wedding was beautiful, but the images were stunning because of the photographer and her hard work.

That night as I was driving home from a photo session my iPod gave me the wake up call I needed. ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith came on, yes; you can be envious of my playlist!  Instead of screaming the lyrics (that I make up) at the top of my lungs, I decided to listen to what the song was really saying. Have you ever listened to that song? It says “Dream on, dream until your dreams come true.” That’s it! That’s what I needed, somebody to tell me it was okay to dream, and keep on dreaming! Little did I know it would be Steven Tyler telling me! I also needed to realize that my dreams are not going to come true with me throwing pity parties all the time.

Here I am, telling the world (or my blog followers), I am a photographer. I dream big, really BIG, and I am diving in headfirst. Although it is scary sometimes, and it’s easy to feel like a little fish in a big pond, I’m excited about what the future holds for my business and my life.

So to all you dreamers out there, “Dream on, dream until your dreams come true!”

The Duncan Family ~ Lubbock Photographer