{"id":182,"date":"2017-06-26T04:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:42:08","slug":"2017-6-25-awpworkshop-realistic-applicable-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"#AWPWORKSHOP | My Backstory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 1800px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 34.88888931274414%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.png\" alt=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1800x1200\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59507140ccf210e3df457311\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"text-align-center\"><strong>Guys, it&#8217;s here! I can&#8217;t believe it! I am so excited to officially announce the inaugural #AWPWORKSHOP!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">There is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awellinghurst.com\/education-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this whole page<\/a> on my website dedicated to explaining what the workshop is, who it is for, when and where it&#8217;s happening&#8230; all that jazz. However, I wanted to share a little personal backstory on how I even got to this point in business because trust me, it&#8217;s been a long time coming!<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">I started my journey with photography very early on in life. Like most, I had a relative (my grandmother) who always had a bible and a camera. Two of the greatest things to ever influence my life. I can&#8217;t tell you how many friends suffered through the &#8220;photoshoots&#8221; I would force them to be a part of in high-school. Hang on, let me see if I can find one&#8230; (or a few)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 2048px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 69.43359375%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.jpeg\" alt=\"Okay- this one isn't so bad. These were some of her &quot;Senior Portraits&quot; where we spontaneously went out on the golf course I lived on after throwing her into one of my Charlotte Rousse dresses and sticking her in high grass beside a pond. She was a trooper and obviously can't take a bad photo anyway ;)&amp;nbsp;\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.jpeg\" alt=\"Okay- this one isn't so bad. These were some of her &quot;Senior Portraits&quot; where we spontaneously went out on the golf course I lived on after throwing her into one of my Charlotte Rousse dresses and sticking her in high grass beside a pond. She was a trooper and obviously can't take a bad photo anyway ;)&amp;nbsp;\" data-image=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2048x1422\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59506257ebbd1a615c9a6fff\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 2048px;\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Okay- this one isn&#8217;t so bad. These were some of her &#8220;Senior Portraits&#8221; where we spontaneously went out on the golf course I lived on after throwing her into one of my Charlotte Rousse dresses and sticking her in high grass beside a pond. She was a trooper and obviously can&#8217;t take a bad photo anyway \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">Eventually, I went on to take my first paid photoshoots once I got into college. I figured I had a decent skill set and could make some extra cash since I was a poor college kid&#8230;. thus, I began charging a whopping $25 for unlimited photoshoots of any and every nature; including a newborn photoshoot where I had no clue what I was doing and did things like stacking suitcases and putting a baby in them while flashing them with my Canon Rebel XS automatic flash. I wish I still had those images. It was my very first sign that Newborn Photography is NOT my calling. It didn&#8217;t stop me from trying countless other times, though&#8230;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.5625%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6571152107_6de70f3eac_z28129.jpg\" alt=\"Here's a family photo (I am pretty sure the very first one I got paid for actually) of dear friends back home in Okeechobee. As you can see, I was a pro. They love me and have one of these hanging as a canvas in their living room. Bless their sweet souls.&amp;nbsp;\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6571152107_6de70f3eac_z28129.jpg\" alt=\"Here's a family photo (I am pretty sure the very first one I got paid for actually) of dear friends back home in Okeechobee. As you can see, I was a pro. They love me and have one of these hanging as a canvas in their living room. Bless their sweet souls.&amp;nbsp;\" data-image=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6571152107_6de70f3eac_z28129.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"640x426\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"595064ec46c3c4b3067542bf\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s a family photo (I am pretty sure the very first one I got paid for actually) of dear friends back home in Okeechobee. As you can see, I was a pro. They love me and have one of these hanging as a canvas in their living room. Bless their sweet souls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">After this phase I got a little cocky and started playing with textures and actions and presets and over editing everything. (2008-2010 photogs- who&#8217;s with me?!) I made a lot of rookie mistakes that cost me in the long run. I didn&#8217;t know how to run a business, how to price to be profitable and most importantly- I still had no clue what I was doing with my camera and hadn&#8217;t invested in myself or my passion. It showed.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 68.90625%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5708133654_f75321e2c5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Talk about over editing and being cocky! This is a &quot;Self Portrait&quot; where I hopped in my pool mid-day one sunny afternoon, took a photo of myself with my face half way under water, and cloned in my reflection and the smoke background from an ANTM episode photograph. Yikes. Also- check out how white those eyes are.... and that big blonde streak in my hair! *insert laughing with tears emoticon*\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5708133654_f75321e2c5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Talk about over editing and being cocky! This is a &quot;Self Portrait&quot; where I hopped in my pool mid-day one sunny afternoon, took a photo of myself with my face half way under water, and cloned in my reflection and the smoke background from an ANTM episode photograph. Yikes. Also- check out how white those eyes are.... and that big blonde streak in my hair! *insert laughing with tears emoticon*\" data-image=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5708133654_f75321e2c5_z.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"640x441\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5950663db8a79b4b8f65c15a\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Talk about over editing and being cocky! This is a &#8220;Self Portrait&#8221; where I hopped in my pool mid-day one sunny afternoon, took a photo of myself with my face half way under water, and cloned in my reflection and the smoke background from an ANTM episode photograph. Yikes. Also- check out how white those eyes are&#8230;. and that big blonde streak in my hair! *insert laughing with tears emoticon*<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">After all of this nonsense, I booked my very first wedding in 2010. I was such a &#8220;pro&#8221; that I charged something like $60 or $100 or somewhere in-between and I had my at-the-time boyfriend &#8220;second shoot&#8221; with me. He assisted and snapped some photos of the groom getting dressed in the bathroom then we got in an argument and he dumped me and left with a guest he knew. HE DUMPED ME ON THE JOB AT MY FIRST EVER WEDDING. That says a lot about him but it also says that <strong>I still had no clue <\/strong>what I was doing because I let it get that far. The other big thing I would have done differently is having that couple take formal photos together. <em>That&#8217;s right folks<\/em>, I delivered MAYBE three-<strong>definitely TWO<\/strong>&#8211; photos of the bride and groom together. One was a cropped candid and the other was a single solitary &#8220;<em>smile at the camera<\/em>&#8221; photo. I did manage to get family photos though. They were the sweetest and were so grateful for their photos.<strong><em> I can&#8217;t tell you how much I cherish them.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><strong>That one wedding<\/strong> lead to more and more friends asking me for my services and those friends wedding lead to strangers weddings and <strong>the next thing I knew I was running a wedding photography business.<\/strong> Now- there were <em>A LOT of struggles<\/em> in between here and twice as many <em><strong>&#8216;real&#8217; <\/strong><\/em>jobs I was bouncing around in. <strong>I didn&#8217;t really know &#8211; or maybe I didn&#8217;t believe- that I could be a photographer full-time.<\/strong> Like as a &#8216;REAL&#8217; job. The only ones I ever saw were studio photographers and I knew that wasn&#8217;t my thing. I tried things such as marketing and admissions, being a mail clerk for my college, a teacher for a girls juvenile facility, teaching at a daycare, waitressing, accounting, gymnastics coaching, retail, management, and <strong>even worked as an office clerk for a local taxidermy shop! <\/strong>(The owners- see family photo above)<em> I can tell you almost anything you&#8217;d want to know about alligators!\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><strong>What I still didn&#8217;t know, though, was how to run a profitable business.<\/strong> It wasn&#8217;t until 2013 when I left home and moved to Alabama that my skills, passion, and business all finally started to mesh.<strong> I began learning from other photographers, investing in my equipment, cherishing my clients, and marketing myself to the clients I wanted to work with<\/strong>. This allowed me to leave my job in retail management after I gave birth to Chloe and be home with her while still bringing in supplemental income.<em> I was nowhere where I wanted to be but I was much further than I had been.\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">In 2015, my at-the-time assistant and <strong>I attended my first ever Rising Tide Society chapter meeting<\/strong> in Destin, Florida. The topic was on Taxes and business and <strong>I learned more in that single meeting than I ever had in my whole time being involved in photography.<\/strong> I soon applied to start our own local chapter of Tuesday&#8217;s Together and began leading that and cultivation #communityovercompetition in January of 2016.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">I am confident now that the journey I have been on for the last 10 years or more with photography was a long, drawn out process leading me to a career I can be passionate and successful in. However,<strong> I wish it didn&#8217;t take me 10 years to get here<\/strong>. I read CONSTANTLY from fellow photographers and friends of mine how they started their business and built it to become <em>&#8220;a six figure business in one year&#8221;<\/em>. <strong>I am not going to lie- I love them, but I HATE THAT. <\/strong>The<strong><em> reality<\/em><\/strong> is for most that <strong><em>you will NOT build a 6-figure income in a year. You can&#8217;t attend a workshop and suddenly know the keys to life itself.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">That&#8217;s why for the #AWPWORKSHOP, <strong>my heart and goal is to provide photographers in their first-third year of business the tools necessary to skip some of the major difficulties I faced that drug my learning process out over ten years and to give them REAL, AUTHENTIC, APPLICABLE information that they can go home and utilize for years to come<\/strong>. Things that will help them see growth both sooner AND later. <strong>Not just instant quick fixes-<\/strong> <em>because those rarely last any longer than it took to implement them<\/em>&#8211; <strong>but tools and knowledge that they can look back on in ten years and still see the difference that they made in their business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">If you are a fellow photographer and are interested in snagging a seat to the #AWPWORKSHOP you can find out more information and reserve your seat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awellinghurst.com\/education-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><strong>EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION is open <\/strong>and there are <em>only <strong>16<\/strong> seats available<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><strong><em>What are the perks to registering early? <\/em><br \/>\nI am glad you asked!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">-Early Bird Registrants are only required to pay $300 (instead of the $500 deposit)\u00a0to reserve their seat and the rest can be paid in two installments.<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>They are the<em> ONLY<\/em> registrants entered to win &#8220;THE COMPLETE BUSINESS ESSENTIALS&#8221; package<\/strong> which includes:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><em>&#8211; A free 1-Year Pixieset Basic Plan<br \/>\n-A Free Website Template from Designs for Squares<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8211;\u00a0A Free Annual Honeybook Account<br \/>\n-A Free Annual Two Bright Lights Account<br \/>\n-Access to the Creative Catalog through RTS<\/em><br \/>\n<em>-along with the swag bags given to all attendees!<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><em><strong>So yeah- you should reserve your seat ASAP so you don&#8217;t miss out on the goods!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><em><strong>In the meantime- you can download this FREE GUIDE to CREATING A MEANINGFUL CLIENT EXPERIENCE <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n\n            \" style=\"max-width: 2500px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.75999450683594%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/themillersphotoco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-asset-1.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1669\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"595075b7197aea120dbce7a1\" data-type=\"image\" \/><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: revert; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-weight: revert;\">If you have any questions or concerns please contact me via the contact tab at the top of the page or by email at hello@awellinghurst.com<\/em><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1>Guys, it&#8217;s here! I can&#8217;t believe it! I am so excited to officially announce the inaugural #AWPWORKSHOP!&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h2>There is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.awellinghurst.com\/education-2\" rel=\"noopener\">this whole page<\/a> on my website dedicated to explaining what the workshop is, who it is for, when and where it&#8217;s happening&#8230; all that jazz. 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