Samantha Altland Photography

12/29/2022

I've been thinking a lot lately about getting back into my passion, photography. I'm wondering if maybe this new year has that in store for me...??❤️🤷‍♀️. What say you??

09/02/2016

08/10/2016

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02/20/2016

If you are just starting out in your business, if you don’t have the best-of-the-best equipment, if you have a lot of questions, if you’re trying to figure out your style…you are *enough*. Please don’t let other photographers (or anyone else for that matter) sit there and tell you you aren’t. I see people in private online groups for photographers and on public social media sites tear others apart and make rude comments; I honestly wonder what made them think that was ok. I’ve been made fun of, too. I’ve been laughed at, too. Keep going, and keep your supporters close. I’m reading an awesome book right now (For The Love, by Jen Hatmaker) and in it she quotes another author: “Dont try to win over the haters; you’re not the jackass whisperer.” Totally great.

What makes you a “good” photographer? To me it’s capturing a perfect, candid moment on a wedding day that will sit on that bride’s granddaughter’s piano one day reminding her where her family started, and that it started with LOVE over 55 years ago (thanks, granny, for hiring an awesome photographer in 1961). It’s freezing time for parents with four kids when it's going by too fast. It's shooting for your clients to love your images, not for other photographers to like or social media gratification. It’s knowing what you’re doing matters, and that when taking it seriously, you are making such an impact in this world by documenting the beauty of life. It’s NOT the amount of Facebook likes/followers you have, your ridiculous equipment collection or how much you think you know. Don’t the most successful people willingly admit they don’t know it all and constantly seek ways to be better? I bet those people have failed many times along the way, too (and even had people make fun of them). I always try to think that if God takes me tomorrow, what would people think of me and in this case, regarding my career? I’d hope that I would have helped others along the way, been humble, made my family proud and that my images spoke for themselves. Never give in to the haters, friends. You’ve got this.

10/26/2015

My boys Halloween

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09/29/2015

Samantha Altland photography 2015 All rights reserved. Feel free to use photos on your page but DO NOT crop or alter