tisha mccuiston photography

Well maternity leave is officially up…
My time for getting to know the newest member of my family without work interruptions is over.

I had a blast with him but I have missed meeting new clients.
I have been shooting but only for my current client list….

But it is time to get back to business as usual.
Haley asked me tonight “Mom are you ever going to NOT be a photographer.”
To which I answered “Only if my hands fall off baby.”

So it was time to turn the website back on but this time I opted for a “blogsite”….
Mainly because I have become so familiar with blogging it is easy for me to maintain and keep currant.
I will be adding new galleries this week as well.

If you go through the archives on here you will notice this blog is around 5 years old…
So crazy to have 5 years of my work in one place.
Granted the last year has been on Bramble primarily…
There have been days where I have asked myself “Do I go back to it hardcore?  Turn it back on and once again take on new clients?”
Or do I step back and try something new…
It’s been a decade…
A fantastic decade…but is it time to try something different?
The answer came to me so easily after looking through the 10 years of old images on my computers and web galleries.
I love my job.
It doesn’t feel like a job.
I was all teary watching the old videos and such…
So strange to see your life work and be able to know that some family out there has my work on their wall and in their heart.
Will I continue to branch out and try new things in this big old world?

Yes…
I love that the photography industry as a whole gives one so many different opportunities to keep learning something new all the time.
I was talking with a friend today and as I put it to him “The day I think my work isn’t crap and I don’t have a thing to learn is the day my work will start to suck and I will flounder as a photographer.”
I think every photographer needs to focus on learning their craft.
I have spent the last 6 months learning new things myself, teaching folks and mentoring.
That has kept me busy with another love…
Teaching.
I started teaching children when I was 19.
Strange that I never stopped “teaching”.
True the subject matter has changed over the years and heck….
I even homeschool/teach my own children everyday.
I think I just love watching someone “get it”…whatever the “it” is they want me to teach them
and know that somehow it will help them get better at what they want to do.
Love that.

So for now…
I shall keep on keeping on.
What will the next 5 years of this blog bring?
No clue…that is half the draw perhaps.
The unknown.

Here is to wishing for at least another 5 years of capturing families as they grow, change and love each other.
Back to kicking it old school…