This year has been pretty darn excellent. I am slowly but surely working on refining my business into what I want it to be…when I first started a few years ago my goals were wishy-washy at best. I knew that I had to make a certain amount of money a month so that I didn’t have to work at the Target Deli e.v.e.r. again. Now that I feel confident that I never have to slice roast beef again, I can move on to different goals!
Some plans for 2012:
*Specialize more. My focus will be solely on newborns/kids/families/high school seniors.
*No more weddings. I LOVE photographing weddings, I just don’t LOVE everything that goes along with it…the planning, the stress, the huge amount of editing, the loss of valuable weekends with family! Not to mention, there are SO many amazing wedding photographers in Minnesota already, why not leave all the bridezilla drama to them? (I’ve never actually dealt w/ a bridezilla…but surely my luck would have run out sooner or later).
*No more extended family sessions. Basically, my reasoning for this are the same reasons I don’t do weddings any more (see excuses listed above!).
*Decide if hiring a very PT employee is beneficial, or if it will be a big headache (this is what Korey thinks…but he lovingly fights me on every big decision I make!).
*Become more known in my community…especially for high school seniors portraits.
*Begin entering image competitions…Also begin working on becoming certified or accredited…but first figure out which word it is; certified or accredited. Is accredited even a word?
*Fit into the jeans I wore in 10th grade. Okay, lady…now you go too far.
Here are some of my very favorite pictures from the past year. I really tried to keep it to 10, since I love a good top 10 list. But the numbers kept growing, and I had to stop looking at every-one’s files. So here are the top 20 (in my humble opinion).
Have a wonderful New Years Eve~I’ll see ya on the flip side 
