Nobody talks about the part where the thing you love starts to feel like a trap. You got into this industry for a reason. Maybe it was the craft: the photography, the food, the flowers, the ability to create something beautiful that mattered on one of the most important days of someone's life. Maybe it was the freedom of building something for yourself. Maybe it was both, plus the income that comes when you are genuinely excellent at something people need. What it almost cert

A few years ago, I shot an intensive three-day wedding. Three twelve-hour days back to back. The kind of event that demands every single thing you have: your focus, your stamina, your creative instincts, your professionalism, all from the moment you arrive until the moment you finally go home. I was determined to give that couple my absolute best, and I really did. What I didn't do was check my email. It turned out that someone had reached out on the very first evening of tha