Branding Myself | Chantri Keele

It’s unbelievably refreshing… to get to a point in my career as a photographer that I can follow my own heart. My own style. My own Photography. I’m not a 100% original, one of a kind, never been seen before photographer… BUT… I am 100% my style, following my heart, being inspired by things that inspire ME, not just by what’s “popular”. And in my “organic” mind, there are no rules! I will pose, compose and shoot things just to break the rules really… I guess that’s my way of being a rebellion. I never did that as a kid…. well just that one time…
So much of my earlier career (well all of it, really) I’ve spent reading other photographers blogs and feeling pressure to be “doing what their doing” to keep up in this big sea of people holding awesome cameras in their hands…

in late 2011 I felt myself loosing… myself! I felt suffocated in my own home because it wasn’t me “my style” (still isn’t… but getting there ;). I felt like I was in a dark hole as a photographer, not feeling like I could branch out and spread these proverbial “wings” I had tucked and pinned down. I was afraid of taking chances, breaking barriers… for fear of… rejection. But really the only person who was rejecting me, was me! I was holding myself back.

And now? Well, now I am trying to look rejection strait in the face and say “REJECT ME! I DON’T CARE!” then continue with… “I MAKE ME HAPPY!” … kinda something like that. Each conversation changes a bit each time ;) But you get the point…

…. it’s unbelievably refreshing.

so is this… a peak at my new branding! I am in LOVE!!  So happy how everything is coming together and is BRANDING myself both professionally and personally. Because really, it’s two of the same!  There are so many great things in the works for this year & I’m so excited to share with my amazing clients in 2012 (and 2013 + 2014 + 2015… and so on…) because even though I sometimes what to “throw-in-the towel”… I just can’t loose this piece of my heart… it would never beat the same.

what do you think?…