Febuary 29th comes along only once every four years, so it’s fun to make the most of Leap Day. While thousands of people filled Disneyworld and Disneyland for 24 hours of magic (which we would have loved to do), about 200 photographers filled “The Apartment” in Dallas, Texas, to listen to one of the industry’s most famous wedding photographers, Jasmine Star.

There’s no doubt in my mind that we put Leap Day to great use! Jasmine Star is an amazing photographer based in Los Angeles who travels all over the United States (and even the world) to photograph weddings and give presentations on the business of photography. In a strange coincidence, Jasmine also went to law school (for those who may not know, Nicole and I are both lawyers), but she gave up her legal pursuit to follow her true passion…photography. If giving up law school and following your passion isn’t inspiring, I don’t know what is!

The best thing about Jasmine Star is not her talent as a photographer (and she’s talented!). It’s her willingness to just be herself that makes her not just inspiring but also amazing. Jasmine is as honest as she can be about herself, where she came from, and where she hopes to go. Jasmine shares the good and the bad. And it’s that ability to share the difficult stories that inspires us to push on and fight through the stuggles that we face. Jasmine teaches a great lesson…be yourself and no one else. You can’t reach your full potential trying to be someone else.

So, inspired by Jasmine, we are going to try to be as honest and open as we can so that you get to know us. We know that there’s always going to be someone better than us and someone not as good as us at all things we do. But, like Jasmine said, noone can be a better “us” than us. While some people may love us, some people may not and that’s ok. We are who we are. We love Disney, Diet Coke, dinosaurs, and Hugh Jackman. (Seriously, how cool is Hugh Jackman?) I obsess over my hair being perfect, and Nicole can’t stand to be late to anything. I wear terrible belt buckles (that Nicole hates), and Nicole loves most things about the 80s. We hope you like us and want to get to know us better. Keep checking the blog to not only see beautiful images of our awesome clients but also to get to know us better. If you’re a photographer in the area, give us a call or shoot us an email. We’d love to meet up and get to know you, too!

And, since this is a photography blog, here are a few images from The Fix last night!

Luckily for us, our awesome friends, the McGowans, went to the presentation as well. They captured this image of Nicole, me, and Jasmine. This picture totally makes me feel like a giant!

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to head over to www.mcgowanimages.com/blog today to see part 1 of the wedding Nicole and I second shot with McG! There are some killer images over there that can’t be missed!