In the last two or three years I’ve probably learned more about myself than I have in my entire life before that: what sorts of things are truly important to me, what sorts of things aren’t important to me, what my real goals and values are. Leaving behind the highly fortified walls of academia and heading out into the real world, along with getting married and setting out to build a new life with the one you love, can do a lot for accelerating a person’s maturity, and that’s exactly what it did for me: it pushed me to grow up.
And the growing doesn’t stop.
So with that it’s so, so exciting to see myself continue to grow and evolve as a person, and as an extension to that to grow and evolve as a photographer and entrepreneur. It’s an amazing journey, and to see where I’ve been, even just one year ago, and where I’m going, and to be comfortable in my own skin and with the direction I’m heading – well, few feelings can beat the sense of joy and accomplishment that this brings. With God’s help the future looks bright, indeed.
A key milestone for me is that I feel like I’ve reached a point where I’m starting to get a sense of who I am as a photographer: what my style is, what my artistic vision is, and how I can project these with my brand into a cohesive presentation of me and my imagery. And that’s an exciting feeling, because with that comes confidence in who I am and what I have to offer, and for me confidence is often times the barrier I need to breach in order to really excel at something. It’s the beginning of things beginning to come together, and I couldn’t be more excited to be there.
So with that I bring you a new logo and a new blog. :) It reflects better the simplicity and the elegance I strive for in the images I produce and the experience I create. But since the wider images from the previous design won’t fit in this new layout, I’ll be porting previous entries into the new design as I find time to do so.
In the meantime I’ll try to keep the blog going with more frequent updates. I’m an all or nothing guy, so when I feel less than inspired by something and generally unhappy with it, I won’t touch it until I can put together something better. In addition to being super busy with the birth of our first child, this is why I all but stopped updating my blog until today. :)
And speaking of our new son, here are a couple of pics of him at around 5 weeks, just a few days before we baptized him on January 3rd. Isn’t he cute? :)
Awesome Wayne! Love everything — the logo, the blog! It’s very clean, simple, and classy! I admire your openness and honesty about yourself. Jonas is so precious! Congratulations and all the best in this new year! :)
Wayne this new blog, look, everything, is outstanding!! Kudos to the new brand!
And Jonas is more than cute! What a handsome little guy!!
Beautiful–sleek and clean and lovely. And that baby looks like he’s thriving!
Love the new look Wayne! Totally clean and classic and provides such a perfect backdrop to your equally beautiful images! Love the adorable shots of Jonas too! :)
Wayne, everything looks AWESOME! Crisp and clean and well thought out, just elegant and stylish, brother! Great job on the new look and your boy is looking good! Nothing quite changes you like having a son. -Mike
BEAUTIFUL! It totally has that “wow” factor…you’ve pinpointed remarkable, man. Awesome job! And your son is so cute! :)
Absolutely beautiful Wayne. I love what you’ve done with your website and now blog. Great work man! What blogging platform is your blog based on?
Congratulations with brand new blog and logo! Simply and beautiful! Your son is SOOOOOOO cute!
This is great! Congrats on the new blog.
I just love your baby, and the new blog too. He is absolutely precious!
Love the blog design Wayne! and your son is adorable. You are going to go far…clearly! I really like your brand image. I look forward to seeing your work this year! All the best for 09.
Thanks so much, everyone! I really appreciate the comments! :)
great blog wayne!!! and jonas is sooo precious!
Thanks, Shawn! I use Wordpress. Been using it for a while now. It’s the best!
Wayne this is beautiful! I love the simplicity of the design and Im really digging the new logo! :) Your wife and son are both beautiful you are all so lucky to have one another. There is truly nothing better than family.
I really like the detail shot of the bridal bouquet, magazine material ! The new blog is looking great ! very easy to navigate! Way to go !