I have just been excepted to the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association which apparently only takes on 5% of the photographers who apply worldwide. I sure wish I would have known that the 1st time they turned me down, then maybe I wouldn’t have been so hard on myself. I am not sure I would have even tried knowing that. Being accepted makes me feel like I am on the right track. All my hard work and the last few years plugging away hasn’t been in vain. I am so excited I just needed to share!

I was a model agent, new faces developer, booker for the fashion modeling agency City MM for the woman’s division  in San Francisco for 7 years.  During that period I learned from my friend and mentor Lisle Taaje, what made a picture exciting. So when I got my first look at the  the very exclusive Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, which only takes less than 5% of the photographers worldwide who apply, I knew I wanted to be a part of their group. I think their photographers are strong and I want my work to be strong.  Last year I hit them up and applied and they said really nice things and that if I just made a few adjustment they would consider taking me.  This year I applied in Dec. never heard back. I was devastated and because I was getting emails from them I thought I had better be clear. I wrote them again, certain they would hate me for being a pain and asked if they had looked at my application. They had no record of it. A few daysy later I was contacted with a, you are in notice. Happy Happy Day! Happy.