Bitchslapped with Imposter Syndrome
and (at least part of) the reason you should choose me to be your wedding photographer….
Hey y’all, Caity here!
And I’m back…. baby on my hip and camera in my hand. The past few months have been the most exhausting, crazy, chaotic, overwhelming, fun months of my life. My husband and I are absolutely enamored with our baby, and have loved watching her grow and hit allll the milestones like a champ.
Bohds mayyyyy be a little jealous, and in love.
She is everything, it’s true. And its causing me to take a long and haaaard look at The Bohde Collective and what I want to accomplish with it. Mostly how I can use it to make my daughter proud of me.
One of the biggest things I absolutely need to work on is communication. I’ve been flaky and flippant regarding things like social media, blog posts, and just marketing in general. Mostly because of a fear of rejection… from both people in my industry and potential clients. I mean…. I’m an artist and I’m putting myself and my work out there and hoping “oh my GOD, I hope you guys like what I have to offer”…..Makes anyone nervous! But, by NOT talking about it and NOT sharing my work and what I have to offer….how will I get ANY clients. Especially still kind of being the “newbie in town”. You guys need to know what its like to work with me, what’s going through my head, a bit about how I accomplish the shots I do and how I bond with my clients.
So along with improvements on the website, writing more blog posts, and sharing more on social media (hello Reels); I’m working on something I’ve NEVER had before….
A CLIENT GUIDE!
I’ve been seeing more and more of my colleagues using a client guide and singing praises of it. It answers ALL the general questions from what my offer is and what you can expect, to client testimonials and a la carte add ons. As I’m working on it; I keep coming across a question that's making me sweat bigger bullets than "Why would you want to work here?"
"Why Choose Me to be Your Wedding Photographer?"
I've been a wedding photographer forever, I genuinely enjoy weddings, things like dress reveals, ceremonies and Father Daughter dances still give me tears, I've seen literally EVERYTHING that can go awry at a wedding and made sure the bride and groom had no issues with them, I'm creative, my photos have a vibe, I've been told I'm fun to work with.....
I think these things.. I hear these things.... I type them out.... but I'm bitchslapped with severe imposter syndrome as I type them out and read them over and over and over again. I think of where I misstepped, where I have underserved, where I've miscalculated and misbehaved.
Then I remember the thing Tony Robbins said about Empowering Beliefs and Limiting Beliefs.... and playing instances in my head where I've misstepped, underserved, miscalculated, and misbehaved really don't serve me or the clients I want to serve.
"Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives."
So... WHY would couples choose me to be their wedding photographer?
-Because I'm confident I will be an excellent wedding photographer.
-I believe my candid connection will dig into my couples unique story with wing WOman vibes that will be like hanging with their bestie.
-I don't believe in anything fake or posey.
-I don't take things too seriously.
-and my experience has taught me to squeeze the ever living SHIT out of any lemons life throws at me, throw them into a mixer, add salt, and party on!!!
Damn right literally hundreds of couples have chosen ME to be their wedding photographer.. and why I'm looking forward to serving SO many more.
Cheers to Bitchslapping Imposter Syndrome.... to learning from the past....and to continuing to be the best wedding photographer I can be.
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Let’s create some FOMO!
