THE CREATION OF JOY UNSPEAKABLE PHOTOGRAPHY

Well, I did it. 

I finally started my own photography business.

[kind of]

I'm building my portfolio, so right now, it's a hobby with a trade name [haha!]

Starting a photography business is so intimidating!

There is so much that you have to do. 

portfolio building

trade name

logo
[which I changed a little, and am now in love with it]

business license

facebook page

website

create a contract/photography release

business cards

pricing

etc.

And for me, I still need to get a new camera! [yikes]

I feel so stupid.

I did my research. I picked out my perfect Nikon D5200.

I read the "Nikon D5200 for Dummies" before I even got it!

I wanted a camera I could easily learn on.

Well, go figure, I need a more professional camera since mine is a "beginner" camera.

It's all about appearances.

How silly would I feel if a client said, "Oh my gosh, I have that camera!"

or even worse, "I have the D5300, or D7200". [yikes]

But! How cool for me to get the incredible shots I get with my "beginner" camera that they could only dream of getting.

So, I'm saving.

I bought my first lens- a 50mm f/1.8

and I am obsessed with it!

I have zero intentions of ever putting that kit lens back on my camera.

Here's my photography story:

In high school, I always had a camera with me. I had so many pictures documenting everything in my life. [side note: I kicked my laptop off my bed my senior year and killed it. I lost all of my pictures. I had just joined Facebook, so fortunately I had some of them. I've learned my lesson and back up my computer now.]

I have been dreaming about doing photography professionally since I was 18, and it has finally happened. I was too scared to do it in college, because it was something literally everyone was doing. I didn't want to do it because everyone else was doing it. I am so glad that I took more time to think and pray about if this was something I truly wanted to do. I never stopped thinking about it, so I took the plunge.

It took a long time to think of a name for my business, and I could not be more pleased with what The Lord laid on my heart. 

Joy Unspeakable. This name is too perfect. I want my photography to capture the joy that can only be captured in that moment, that only a picture can explain. They say "a picture is worth a thousand words", well, I think that that is so true, that it's false. I think there are so many words to describe the emotions a picture can capture, that there are no words. You simply just hand over pictures to do the talking and let people look through photo albums.

This name, Joy Unspeakable, also greatly ties into what I believe. It comes from 1 Peter 1:8, "Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory." The King James Version says it like this: "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory", which is where the name is truly derived from.

Although I am new to this, it is something that I am passionate about and will work so hard to make sure that your joy is captured in the most unspeakable ways. Shoot me an email to book a session!

jennacoutts13@gmail.com