My Goals for 2022

Hello, Happy New Year everyone. I am looking forward to this year for myself personally and for Megan Heyhurst Photography.

As I write this my family is fast asleep…finally. My kids just know when I have something I plan on doing when they are sleeping so they like to all of a sudden become light sleepers when normally nothing startles them. Mom sleeping or working or relaxing startles them or causes them to have many excuses as to why they can’t sleep. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. I used to dream of these days. 

Since this is only my second post and first post of 2022! Ya for 2022, I thought I would talk about my goals for my company for this year. Until now my goals were always just something that I kept to just myself and my husband. I am very afraid of failure so I feel like sharing them puts me at risk for public failure but if covid has taught me anything its to focus on what and who you love and that nothing goes according to your plans. Last year I signed up for a mentorship with Photographer Mandy Harding out of Saskatoon. I wasn’t new to my camera in manual mode but I just wanted to learn more and work one on one with someone who had been in the business for many years. It has been great to run ideas off of someone who has been in my shoes before and who has taken risks like I am doing right now. She also has an an amazing studio in Saskatoon that I have been able to work with her out of and that she rents out to other photographers. Im thrilled that I can rent her studio in the future. That leads me to one of my goals. I would love to have my own studio one day. I want the space to be on my property. My husband and I built a house and moved in just when covid hit. At the time we chose to have the builders finish our basement and our basement suite vs building a garage. The plan was to wait a bit and the build the attached garage. However covid hit and hasn’t gone away so for now we just kept the garage plans on hold. But when I picture a studio attached to my home, I would love it to be built as its own floor on top of our garage. My dream studio would have a separate entrance for clients and myself. I could store all of my gear there and have my office space in there vs in my house and have a space to work without bothering my family. The space would have huge windows so I could see the lake, and to let in so much natural light. I have all of these ideas of sessions that I want to offer but I don’t have the space for them. Nor do I have the space for storing all of the extra props right now. Soon I will switch out baby gear for props though as my baby is on the verge of walking and once that happens well you can say goodbye to many baby things. 

Another goal I have is weddings. I have never photographed a wedding but I would love to. If you are reading this and getting married , Pick me Pick Me Pick Me! I have it in my head that I would be good at it. I am not a confident person so the fact that I feel that I know my skill behind the camera and my love for something new and artistic I just know I would be good at it. Maybe not award winning but good enough to have happy clients. For years I was afraid to take photos for others, but last year I pushed myself and had my friends and their families model for me and my business took off. I didn’t have a weekend from September to Dec where I was not taking photos for people. I worked right up until Christmas Eve. Some of The La Ronge Ice Wolves board members had seen my work and were seeing my business grow and they asked me if I would be interested in taking action shots of the team and volunteering to help grow their social media. I said yes and my business took off even more. My photos with the team turned into the team photo and then into headshots and then much more. I regret not having done this years prior when our past Ice Wolf billet Kaiden Collumb lived with us. Kaiden became such a huge part of our lives, it makes me cry even as I type this just this feeling that I get when I think about him. He is such a huge part of our lives and we truly love him like our own son. Because of the love I have for him I kick myself for not doing this and having a million action shots of him. I will make up for it now though will a million photos of his adorable baby every time we see them. 

This was to be about my goals and somehow went away from that. I will get back on track now. I just want to keep growing my business. I want to reach for the moon and to always keep working towards my dream studio. When I am behind my camera I just see things so differently. Nothing looks too boring to photograph. Perspective is everything and I can always find an angle that makes it look interesting. 

I will wrap things up with just a quick mention of my upcoming mini sessions for 2022. I will release some of the dates later on this month. I will be offering Valentine’s Day Minis, Easter Minis, Mother’s Day Minis, Father’s Day Minis, Fall Minis, Christmas Minis, and new for 2022 HOT CHOCOLATE MINIS (think giant coffee cup filled with hot chocolate and an adorable baby). I will always offer full sessions also along with newborn photography, engagement photos, and hopefully Wedding Photos. Also new to 2022 Boudoir Photos. I am looking forward to a busy 2022 and I can’t wait for my new bookings. Hopefully it is you. That is all for this week, next week I will be talking about a few tips and what to expect during a session with me. Take Care everyone and have a great week.