01/20/2023
Probably going to shut this page down because people are too sh*tty to be straight up and actually communicate their issues to you directly. They would rather leave a bad review and block my page from being able to even see it or address it. Gotta say its pretty sad when you have to create other profiles to protect yourself from people who were supposed to be supportive friends. Speaking of which, Weddings take about two months to edit in which I had finished basic editing for that client within that timeframe and the client chose not to pick their flash drive up from me until a couple months later. If anyone cares I do have the entire portfolio of those photos to see.
As a professional I refuse to be disrespected and stepped on by people who you're supposed to have a good relationship with. You have absolutely no place in my life if you don't understand that as an insulin dependent diabetic I absolutely have to work a full time third shift job just to afford insurance coverage for supplies and multiple doctor visits throughout the year.
I do my best as a solo act to do everything on my own from start to finish. My rates are also the lowest you will ever find in this area because I am in fact a NOVICE PHOTOGRAPHER. I am also HUMAN and have a chronic disease to manage and I do my best to keep up with everything including the cost of homeownership since unexpectedly losing my Mother a few years back which has majorly impacted my entire life.
Yes, I need to work on my skills further, but just like how places of employment expected you to have many years of experience when you were only signing up for your very first jobs and you had none? That's what doing field photography is like when you've always been the outcast in your hometown and the few weddings and family portrait shoots were the only stepping stones of experience you've had along the way? Well that's pretty much where I'm at with everything. I'm NEW at this and trying to LEARN along the way since NMC had the best Darkroom for my 2006 Associates degree.
The person who left the only other review on this page does not have a life although having 5 kids and is a miserable person unfortunately. She has no compassion for what others go through in their lives if anything is involved in it for them. I had explained my situation to them multiple times and even though I had supported them throughout the years with whatever they had going on as a friend they still chose to stomp all over my dreams telling me I shouldn't be a photographer or even try to follow my dreams which pretty much left me wanting to give up on my entire life completely. As in not even physically be on this earth with such horrific fake friends. I don't have much of a family left and never carried much connection with people because no matter how hard I try, someone ghosts me, ices me out, lets me down, spits in my face socially, I have years upon years of cold, harsh very uncalled for and unnecessary things that have been verbally thrown at me just echoing in my mind and spirit. I would not wish this kind of abuse from so called friends upon my worst enemy! That being said, from here out there will be no more "my friend the photographer." It's "my FRIEND Laura" thats it! No more favors as I'm unable to support those that I was under the impression actually supported me only to cut me down behind my back.
So if you're on the uplifting, compassionate supportive side of things, and would like to help me grow personally as a professional, please follow me to the new page because this is a new chapter. No more fakes! My mission is simple, to try my darndest to help PRESERVE MEMORIES because memories last a lifetime where STORIES become lost and forgotten!! 😎
