Miss Belle Perfect || How to be Photographers & friends!
- Nov 21, 2017
- 3 min read
How to be photographers & Friends at the same time. Can 2 or 3 photographers be friends and not envy or be jealous of one another? ABSOLUTELY... I have found 2 of my favorite photographer besties in unique places. I found one in a christian photography group and the other in a design group.
Back story, Tiffany of Picture Perfect Photography in Springfield, MO and I met through a huge FB christian photography group. I friend requested her and being cautious she didn't respond for quite some time. ((Thanks Tiff lol)). After she figured I wasn't super creeper, just creeper ((inside joke)) she decided to befriend me.
I met Olivia of Belle Marie Photography in Brooklyn Park, MN because we both took the same workshop and I was asking questions and she was the only bold one that inboxed me and asked me: "Do you want the truth??" I figured it was coming, so of course I said YES! Olivia was very stern, but honest. She only told me things that I knew 100% was true and from there started our friendship.
I think once I knew Liv wasn't going anywhere, our tag team became official and thus came our trio name. Miss Perfect Belle. #insidejoke
Being friends with both amazing photographers have allowed me to grow tremendously as a person and photographer. Tiffany is a little more religious and so she gives me the spiritual aspect of things. She's gentle but honest. Olivia acts almost as if she's really from Brooklyn NY and not Brooklyn Park lol. She's honest yet caring and she knows her stuff. Liv is also VERY OCD and makes charts for EVERYTHING lolol...
I think we all have different styles that we definitely learn from one another. Tiffany's style is very elegant, soft and country girl. Tiffany also incorporated her famous #thetiffanypose to every girl/lady and she's sooooo good at it. She makes every woman and young lady from the 417 feel beautiful and she takes their personality and pour it into their senior session.
**UPDATE** My bestie has gone from High School Seniors and has taken Springfield, MO by storm with her Contemporary Woman Portraits. If you don't what that is, you're missing out.
Per PPP: You worked hard to get here. It's your time. You have become who you are, and it's time to celebrate that. It's time to celebrate YOU! Your style, your personality, your smile or adorable smirk...you don't belong at some high-volume studio. You are unique, and I want to tell your story the right way--with care and attention to details and quirks, all while spoiling you at every opportunity.
Olivia's style is very editorial. Looking at her images you definitely feel like you're reading the latest magazine. Her images are definitely bright because as I call her --> she's the light magician. She takes full sun and say HEYYYY, Liv is here!!! She offers airbrush makeup and hair styling to her clients & creates an experience of a lifetime. Not only that, Olivia makes the most amazing templates for photographers to help them with their businesses. Make sure you check out her Etsy page here.
Per BMP: I always want to make my seniors feel beautiful about themselves. To take the most amazing photo that has ever been taken of them is my passion. And when they see how beautiful they truly are, how I see them, it is amazing what those images can do for a teenager’s self-esteem!
I am enjoying having the most amazing photographer friends. I love that we can talk about family and business and not be overwhelming. I know that my "other friends become quite overwhelmed when we're at dinner & I just begin chatting about my photography business. Sometimes, choosing the right friends can be hard. Clashing personalities, different styles, etc. But, I am so glad that I have found such amazing friends where we all get along and we help one another out.
A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17
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