Career.

Today in class a bunch of us were talking about what we wanted to do with our photography careers after we were done with school. We have to have a general idea of what we want to do before our portfolio classes.

I've been debating this for awhile now. I know that I love taking photos of people and places. When other's ask what I want to do with my photography career it's hard to explain. It's a lot more to me then just saying "Portraits, maybe some photojournalism, documentary type work"

Here's a little more of what I really want to pursue as a career. 

If you know me, you know I have a big heart and love to volunteer. I'm big on confidence and true beauty.

I've wanted for the longest time to put my passion for photography and big heart together. 

One of my biggest inspirations is Joni Kabana who is from Portland, Oregon. She talked to one of my classes   about her travels and what she photographs. She's been to places such as Ethiopia and Madagascar photographing people, their poor healthcare, etc. 

One thing she does that I would love to take on someday is photographing cancer victims. Gallery here.

She shared with us how she was photographing someone as a model and when her model saw the photos she started to cry, she said she had an abusive husband and never felt so beautiful. I want to make people feel that way.

http://socialdocumentary.net/ is a fabulous website that has some amazing galleries and stories. 

I have a couple more years of school and maybe I'll change what I want to do someday. I may not even be able to have the stomach for all that I really want to photograph. But I've had this in my mind and heart for awhile now of what I want to do after I graduate.

I want to document the tough stuff around the world. I want to help to others find her beauty.

I want to create change through photographs.