Today we’d like to introduce you to Sarah Jackson.
Sarah, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
Pictures! I have always loved to take them. My best friend from High School got married at a courthouse in 2012. I brought my point and shoot camera and made them pose and did group shots of family members and the couple with their daughter. I put them all together in an album and gave them to her. She was delighted.
I guess you could say that was my first photo shoot although it was far from professional. That was in 2012. Cell phone camera kept getting better, and I found myself taking landscape shots. I would go on road trips with my kids and look forward to the photo ops. For Christmas in 2017, my husband got me my first DSLR camera. I fell in love immediately with the freedom of manual mode-once I figured it out.
I decided to pursue people photography, and in February of 2018 I put out an ad in a moms group for free family photos. Ten slots were filled within 2 hours, and in 2018 I had 45 clients including my portfolio builders. So far in 2019, I have done a few family photos and two weddings! I love photography! I’m hoping to quit my waitress job some day and have a life of strictly photography. Who would have ever thought I might end up doing something I love!
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I do people photography. So far I love it all. Weddings, Maternity, Family, Newborn, and Graduation. Any opportunity I can get to catch a look someone did not know I was catching is really fulfilling for me. My style is warm and candid. I am a fun photographer who makes people laugh or asks people funny questions so I can capture their reaction. It is the best job, and I didn’t know I would like it so much. I hope my clients look back on photos I have taken them with happy smiles on their faces and warm memories in their brains. I think memories are priceless.
Do current events, local or global, affect your work and what you are focused on?
The things going on in the world affect my mind. I wonder what the world will be like for my two kids. I want to make the world a more beautiful place for them and for myself too. What if perhaps a parent looks back at a photo I had taken of them throwing their toddler in the air. The child has that look of glee on his face, and he is looking Dad right in his eyes. Pure joy. I hope that photo reminds that dad to take more moments like that with his son, no matter how busy life gets. I hope that photos remind that son how much his dad loves him. Perhaps that knowledge will give that son the courage to pursue his dreams. I hope to make the world a more beautiful place!
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Check out my work on www.sarahnicolephoto.com. My portfolio is there and my blog too, I really enjoy photographing fun families in beautiful places. I will travel just about anywhere so call me!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.sarahnicolephoto.com
- Phone: 630-532-4448
- Email: sarah@sarahnicolephoto.com
- Instagram: sarah.nicole.photo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.nicole.photog/
Image Credit:
Sarah Nicole Photo
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