Amanda, Drew & Cooper: Lifestyle Session by Bailey
Sometimes, you're lucky enough to find a pal in your industry -- and if you're really lucky, that pal turns into a forever-friend.By all accounts, Amanda of JaneCane Photography is my "direct competition," but we've never seen it that way. Her success doesn't diminish mine; my light doesn't dim hers. We're each others' biggest cheerleaders, and a soft place to land when entrepreneur life gets rough (which it often does).Apart from the obvious similarities (Lake Superior-loving photographers, obsessed with our dogs, Duluth-born Finnish-Irish only children), we're also married to bearded boys who've both worked in the local beer industry (yes, they were even at the same brewery together for a few years!).If you've followed Amanda for awhile, you're probably familiar with their story + what they're currently walking through. So it was an honor to capture this season for them -- even if it doesn't look how they'd imagined by now.And therein lies my biggest advice: Capture the messy middle. You (& your life) are not a finished product, but an ever-evolving work of art. Show up for your life, bottle it up, and remember:"There is a crack in everything (that's how the light gets in)." - Leonard Cohen[gallery columns="1" size="large" ids="13135,13136,13137,13138,13139,13140,13141,13142,13143,13144,13145,13146,13147,13148"]