How P.I.C. Photo handled life in 2020

Written By Christina Re

+3 Vendor Highlights

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We feel you little dude!!! If that face doesn’t say it all for 2020, not sure what will!

“Times are hard baby, but I’m pretty sure they can’t get worse.” - RENT

If I learned anything through this last year, it is this: DON’T EVER SAY THAT IT CAN’T GET WORSE! It can ALWAYS be worse.  I went through a cycle of many different emotions. Some were very positive and productive and some others were ugly and embarrassing (keeping it real). I won’t get into the thick of it; we all know the vibe of this last year, so use your imaginations and insert a cry/laughing/crazy person face on me. This quote is from my all time favorite musical, RENT!  C’mon now, you know you are singing it is your head now; or is that just me? (Where are my people? - Literally, I just stared out my window and sang the whole song, no joke!).

Being a small business owner during this time also made you want to lose your mind on top of all of the other things that made you want to lose your mind. Christina and I’s first reaction is to always stay positive; especially during hard times. We actually pride ourselves on that -yes, we are one of those annoying overly positive people-generally) We wanted to keep a routine going that made us feel good and move forward and really take this time to build our business behind the scenes. We focused on our nutrition, health and fitness (because those things are truly important to us and make us feel good). We photographed eachother (ALOT- because we love eachother/our camera and we didn’t want to neglect either!!

We started off really strong for a little while with that positive mindset. We really did! :) We were motivating the sh*t out of eachother and that’s something I love about us. I know everyone reading this, can relate to what I’m about to say- LIFE WAS TRYING TO TEAR US DOWN. For real, we thought it was testing us. So we high-fived at first and said “Challenge Accepted!” We think passed the challenge in the beginning, then we failed in the middle and I think we are back to passing life’s tests again. It’s all about balance, am I right? We had some HIGH highs for sure this last year, MANY things to be grateful for which are the things we usually tend to talk about more, but we also thought we would share the other side too (trying to be vulnerable is hard sometimeWe had some HIGH highs for sure this last year, MANY things to be grateful for!!

This is how our year went: 

  • Shelter-in place (cancel all future sessions)
  • BUY OUR FIRST HOME!!!!!! (Moved to our dream place in the Mountains!)
  • CZU Lighting Complex fire (EVACUATE-for 2 weeks-and have no internet/power/water for another 2 weeks)
  • Stay-at-home order LIFTED!! RE-BOOK SESSIONS!!
  • Our whole community is in devastation and we feel helpless
  • PHOTO SHOOTS GALORE (safely) & Front Porch Sessions
  • Stay-at-home order RE-ENACTED- Cancel Photoshoots-Cancel plane tickets and Holiday with families)
  • NEW PRESIDENT AND NEW YEAR (BYE 2020)
  • Wind Storm—>Power outage/No internet for 2 weeks
  • Stay-at-home order LIFTED for the second time. RE-BOOK SESSIONS!!
  • Our downstairs office/gym floods from Storm

Do you notice a pattern? It’s a damn roller coaster! Every other thing is up and down and all around. How about you? What did your year look like? I know many of you also had chaos at home and if you are a small business owner, you feel me when I shout out, WTF!!! Shout out to our fellow Small Business Owners! We see you, your struggle, your fight, grit and we applaud you! There are so many amazingly talented people who are in our same boat and choose to thrive and we are lucky they have touched our world. Below are just a few faves that touched our world during the pandemic!

3 Entrepreneurs you need to hire.

Vendor Highlight

  • The beautiful Danielle Avila with Craft Loft Hair always making you feel fantastic and beautiful. She also owns Craft Loft Society where she gets to educate other stylist in her community on her craft. She is always speaking out to the community and gave great tip/tricks for her viewers and clients in the time of need. We photographed Danielle last year at her Salon and just fell in love with her. She is a magician with hair, a great friend and a badass b****! She is back at it in her new salon… so RUN…don’t walk to get on her appointment books! She’s busy. We are excited to photograph her in her new space a! Contact Danielle 

 

  • Polygon Market are our favorite power couple that always shows up for their people. We hired them last year to build our website and let me tell you know, they are amazing at what they do www.parntersincamera.com - They do a lot more than that though, they will market your business and (explain their business). Allison and Derek are always speaking out on important topics and are constantly supporting others in the industry and creating a great community around them. Do yourselves a favor and check them out POLYGON MARKET

 

  • Now that we are allowed to be back in the world, the weddings can resume again (smaller ones at-least)! We know just about every single one of our wedding industry friends and colleagues are screaming in excitement right now. If you are reading this and are getting married or know someone getting married, make sure they book Christine Eng (Event Coordinator) with WeddEng Boss. We love her!! Plain and simple and I know you will too. She will not only get the job done, but she will go ABOVE and BEYOND for her clients and other vendors. She handles everything with a smile on her face (well under the masks these days) and grit in her eye! One of the funnest things we did during the pandemic, was photograph a styled shoot that Christine put together with her vision at Vidovich Vineyards. It was such a dream, she made it Covid safe for all vendors and models and we have some amazing shots we are excited to share in a future blog. For now we will share ONE image from her vision and our camera.

Sneak Peek to our styled shoot @ Vidovich Vineyards.. stay tuned for our blog on this shoot!

 

Now you know more about us that you ever wanted to know! :) Just kidding, well, I hope, because this is just scratching the service. I hope you are ready for more stories, updates, adventures, behind the scenes, vendor highlights, tips/tricks, etc.

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