Fotografo de Bodas, Santiago

January 4, 2009

I’m a little late (ok, a lot late), but here are my New Year’s resolutions for 2009, in no particular order.

*Grow my photography business. I shot 4 family sessions, 5 weddings, 5 boudoir sessions, 3 couples/engagement sessions and 2 individual portrait sessions this year. My goal is to shoot a total of at least 12 weddings next year and at least 8 boudoir sessions. In 2009, I’ve already shot two weddings and have one more more on the books, so we’re already more than half way over the total of last year. As for all the other different kinds of sessions, I’m just going to let it flow.

Be a better wife. I’m a perfectionist, I’m bossy, I’m demanding and I’m stubborn. In my professional life, most of this is good and is what has gotten me to where I am today. But, even though this is hard to admit, these are not the best qualities in a partner. I know that S. loves me the way I am, but I think we could avoid some of our spats if I would stop being stubborn and just give in at least once in a while. I also vow to let S. have his way more often because I almost always get mine.

Save $25,000 or more dollars in addition to what we already have saved. I’d love to add, “Leave for our Round the World Trip in December of ’09,” to this resolution list, but I’m not sure if that will happen in that EXACT month. We may end up leaving in Jan. or Feb. or even a few months later, depending on how long it takes us to save up the money that we need. But, to be honest with you, I’d rather wait a bit longer if necessary, save up and be completely set when we leave, than go without the resources to make the trip less stressful. Or if S. gets fired from his job, which is a very real possibility at the end of this month, we may go early. Who knows.

Who’s group blog was this? I’ll link but I completely forgot! I’m sorry but after being on vacation I barely know which way is up.

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Good luck on the resolutions, but it makes me a little curious. I can understand wanting your burgeoning business as much as possible but how do you feel about the prospect of leaving Chile so soon after getting things off the ground? Do you feel like you’ll be doing pickup work along the way around the world?

And Happy New Year!

Comment by anxietyneurosis — January 4, 2009 @ 9:31 pm

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Oops, I’m too retarded to edit my comment…

“burgeoning business” to grow “as much as possible…”

Comment by anxietyneurosis — January 4, 2009 @ 9:33 pm

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Good question. I feel that I have been really lucky to be able to build my photography business in Chile. While there are certainly better photographers than me here, at the same time, I’m NOT competing against the top 10 in the world as I would be in the U.S. as I think 7 or 8 of the top photos in the world are from there. So I’ve been lucky that I’ve been able to jump right in without as much competition. However, the money to be made in Chile is pretty minimal. I’m not totally materialistic, but the money I make here off of photography BARELY enables me to cover my equipment costs. I feel like I HAVE to grow into bigger markets or I won’t be able to keep doing this some day when I have mouths to feed.

So I sort of feel like the work I do here is helping me to build up a larger portfolio in order to break into larger markets (the U.S. and Europe, hopefully). I already have one wedding booked in the U.S. and have a *sort of* business plan to do a few more there. So I don’t feel that I’m actually building my business completely based off of the market here. However, you’re right. It is hard to build up a client base and then just peace out.

Comment by Mamacita Chilena — January 4, 2009 @ 9:37 pm

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Save 25,000…how I wish I could realistically say this right now. That would be the perfect thing…

Comment by M. DeChelle — January 4, 2009 @ 9:55 pm

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Great goals, Kyle. I hope you make all of them in 2009.

Comment by Ordinary Girl — January 5, 2009 @ 8:26 am

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Kyle, nice goals. Good luck with them! Sounds like you’ll be pretty successful.

Anxiety neurosis has a good point about planning on moving elsewhere. It is hard to throw roots when you are planning on leaving. But it is a globalized world and now we can work from the internet. What a great thing. It’s not like staying put, but it works.

Comment by Maeskizzle — January 5, 2009 @ 11:10 am

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Looks like you do quite a few jobs at the same time.

Happy New Year!

Comment by Carlos — January 5, 2009 @ 9:23 pm

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good luck with ur goals! and happy 2009.

Comment by Nomadic Matt — January 9, 2009 @ 4:30 am

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