Here’s our collective reminder that as of today 7/1/26 we are 1/2 way through 2026. I can’t believe I just typed that. I know every week, month, year that passes we think “how on earth did that happen so fast” and it’s true, It flys by and before we know it we are celebrating the next milestone, the next holiday, the next new years eve.
New year means new year’s goals and RESOLUTIONS all though I like to stick to goals. Small, achievable goals while also having some very cliche ones because I am human after all. One thing for sure over the last 36 years of my EXISTENCE, I have never once actually stopped half way through the year and reflected on the last 6 months. What has happened, what hasn’t happened, have I met any of my goals I’ve set, what have I done to work towards them, ext. This year is different.
At the BEGINNING of the year me and my (our) Monthly monday meetup group of photographers met up at the library and we created vision bingo boards in our journals. We mapped out an entire bingo board to include BUSINESS goals, personal goals, and creative goals and this past monday (June 29, 2026) we met for our end of month meeting to go over June and look ahead to July. I also made a point to bring up that we should reflect on our goals we made together at the BEGINNING of the year and see how we are doing. This is such a great opportunity to hold ourselves accountable while also encouraging each other to shoot for more progress or keep it moving in a forward direction.
With all of that said, lets reflect on what has happened thus far.
I have photographed proposals, family sessions, milestone sessions, business events, weddings, newborn photos, Branding photos, couples photos and motherhood photos. I booked my first session from tiktok (with only 100 followers) I have worked with some amazing vendors. I’ve met with our monday meetup group every month for the last 6 months. I attended my first Haus of Muse dinner’s with 7 other creative women. I have traveled to Houston for a photoshoot. I worked with a studio and hosted a headshot swap for the photographer group I am apart of. For my personal goals, I attended a junk journal meetup every month (1-3 per month) I have painted, created with my hands, and have taken my son to countless car shows in support of his own photography and videography journey. There are so many in between moments that I haven’t touched on but those are the ones that are most SIGNIFICANT in this post.
With all of that, I also have mapped out how many sessions i have done exactly, how many sessions I’d like to book for the rest of 2026 and took a good look at my bingo card for this year. So here’s to hustling and working with you the rest of 2026. If you are in the market for a photographer, I would absolutely be honored to work with you <3
Some photos from the last 6 months.
Those are DEFINITELY limited to what I have readily ACCESSIBLE. As far as my camera roll here’s a few highlights of the last 6 months that is saved on my cellphone <3
In true Laura fashion… This blog post meant for July 1, 2026 is being posted at 12:45am on the morning of the 2nd because, things get done after the stroke of midnight and in my brain, it’s still the 1st because I have not gone to sleep yet.
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