For most of my career, Mark’s been the most incredible resource for me when it came to taking any brand-related photos, but with the more content that I began to create, as well as the obvious introduction of our children into the mix, finding any stress-free time to plan and execute a photoshoot for myself became increasingly more challenging to do. Even if we planned to just grab a couple of shots whenever we were out and about, we still always ended up rushing home for a nap time, or having to stop to feed one--or more--of us before we all got hangry. It became increasingly obvious that it was time for us to ask for help, so that’s what we decided to do.

Asking for help in any area of life or work is hard; but if becoming a parent has taught me anything, it’s that we cannot do everything on our own. Part of the reason why asking for help is so hard though, is because it’s hard to trust anyone other than ourselves, especially when it comes to something like creating images that accurately represent ourselves and our brand. But, at some point our need for help is going to outweigh our fear of trusting, so if that’s where I’m meeting you today, then let me do my best to walk you through how I aided in planning out my own branding shoot.