Recently I have found myself twittering quite a bit about what I want to be when I grow up!! haha..While I was at the Bridal Expo in Honolulu I had the most awesome dj’s/ entertainers right around the corner from my booth. Every time I heard the music get loud I would wander over to see what they were up too. You could totally tell that they really, truly enjoyed even loved what they do! They danced and entertained all of the vendors & guest at the expo..They loved having an audience and we were blown away by their crazy, outrageous dance moves. They were awesome..I decided that day that I should be a dj because it just looks like so much fun! Then the realization came to me…I can’t dance! So onto a new idea.. Roller Derby! I love to roller skate..I am pretty tough..well sort of..I doubt I would wear fishnets and a miniskirt or get tattoos but hey I am sure there are other costumes.. Then I remembered..I am a mom and I am 30 something..hmm doubt I could be a roller derby girl..but it sounded fun in my head.
I know what draws me to these kind of people..they love what they do! They adore it, cant get enough of it!
Funny thing about all of my crazy ideas is that I already love what I do..I think that I have one of the best jobs on the planet. I get to connect with people on the most exciting, happiest day of their lives just as a new journey for them is about to begin. I get to be a part of peoples memories. I recently attended a funeral of a close family friends father. I had photographed this friends wedding a while back and her brothers a few year prior to hers. When my husband and I arrived at the funeral we were handed a program and on the cover was a photo that I had snapped of my friends father at her brothers wedding. He was smiling and holding up a shaka to my lens. I cried. I felt so honored to have been part of this persons life & captured memories for his family.
I dont share many images of my family on my blog..sadly as a busy mom I have let life get in the way..I very rarely take pictures of my family. In fact We have never had family portraits taken! Not that it hasn’t been offered..I am just always too busy. So I have decided to make it a priority to take pics of my family this year.
I have had a wonderful 2009 and am looking forward to 2010. Thank you to all my clients, friends & family for appreciating me. I have an amazing career that I adore and a beautiful family that puts up with my craziness. I announced to my family today that I wanted to be a roller derby girl and my husband just shook his head, chuckled and walked away. Priceless!
What I really want to be is a person that loves what she does: a mother, wife & memory keeper.. I think that I am there. I love it, adore it, can’t get enough.
~ kim
I am the same! I love seeing people who love what they do too! One of my personal “fantasies” is to crew sailing ships and sail on boats.
What a great post!!! LOVE it!!!!
Love this post Kim! Yes, I agree we have one of the bestest jobs on the planet
And as for the family portraits – you tell me when and I’ll take some for you! Can’t thank you enough for all of the photos you’ve taken of us!
This post made me tear up a bit! Really beautiful!
As a fellow memory keeper and preserver, we see our images up there on a person’s mantlepiece- we took part in that special moment quietly on the sidelines pressing the shutter while they made history. Their joy and happiness encapsulated in our art.
When you spoke of the funeral that you attended I could imagine how touching it was to see one of your images.
I was reminded of the images in a slideshow you often see of a person’s greatest moments in their life. I felt so verklemt when I attended a friend’s wife’s funeral. They had been married for 25 years and she tragically died of cancer within a year. There was an image at the funeral that took my breath away. A moment where the two of them were dancing together at their oldest son’s wedding. You just never know when you’re going to have your last dance…
So I make it my personal prerogative to take photos of every single guest dancing with their spouse at a wedding.
Kim, take your colleagues up on their offer! You deserve your memories preserved too! It’ll make you appreciate your job so much more when you take some time to be in front of it yourself!
-Nicole
PS: I totally want to see you as Roller Girl! That’d be totally awesome.
Oh. My Cuteness! These pictures are too precious. I wanna meet your pups, maybe one of these days I’ll show up on your doorstep w/a bottle of sake. The ear tugging one is my favorite.