Saadia Me*Chel Photograpy

About Saadia Me*Chel Carnes

Welcome!

I am an Atlanta based, wedding photographer but more importantly I am an artist. I believe that there is beauty in everything and that life, itself, is beautiful in all of its uncertainty. My camera serves as a powerful tool, allowing me to express my creativity in amazing, sometimes unconventional ways. I am able to use the medium of photography to capture the magnificence and beauty of the world as well as the people in it. I look forward to meeting you, reading your comments, and sharing my work with you. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. I hope you come back soon and often! To book the studio email us at studio@saadiamechel.com

~Saadia Me*Chel

Photo of me © 2010 Ross Oscar Knight. All rights reserved

Tag: ‘patience’



Creative Live with Jasmine Star

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

“I’d rather you fail at something you love then succeed at something you hate.”

Faced with the decision to stay in law school and be miserable or pursue an unknown career in photography and be happy, Jasmine Star’s husband said the aforementioned to her. Following the positive affirmation from one of the most important people in her life, Jasmine left law school and dove head first into photography. Fast forward four years later and J* has one of the most successful photography businesses in the world. The girl is seriously a rock star in the photography world and to think… she has only been a photographer for 4 years.

So as you may imagine… when I heard that J* was doing an online photography workshop for 5 days, for FREE, I had to jump on the opportunity. The information this women has to offer is invaluable. Therefore, I’ve been sitting in front of my computer, for 5 hours, for the last two days, (and will continue to do so for the next 3 days) soaking up everything. Her topics range from marketing to branding to shooting. Tomorrow the workshop will cover a live wedding as Jasmine shoots it! Jasmine’s story and experience really speaks to me because she was in the exact same place that I’m in right now. It gives me hope that if I have faith in abundance, remain patient and persistent, and constantly get better at my craft that I can be successful at something I really love.

As a person that loves to learn, this opportunity has been right up my alley. At the end of the day… all this benefits me, my business, and my future clients. If you want to be the best, you have to learn from the best…

Until next time, as J* would say, K.I.R – Keep it real!

~Saadia Me*Chel

Photo provided by Jai Kat

Patience

Monday, March 15th, 2010

“Oh please, pretty please. I want this more than anything!” I asked. I was begging, pleading for something wonderful to happen; for heaven to open up and pour me out an immediate blessing. However, there was no such luck because most blessings, I’ve learned, are not immediate at all. “These things take time sometimes. You just have to be patient and endure so that you can have the victory.” This is what my father tells me but I must admit I’m just so darn impatient. I don’t know (or maybe I don’t want to know) how to wait for anything. I have been this way since I was a child and my parent’s constant ability to give me exactly what I wanted, when I wanted it, hasn’t helped with my patience much.

However, the good thing about my little to no patience is that I will work diligently and persistently until I accomplish whatever it is that I want. In this case, I have decided that I want to be a photographer. A real-life breathing, working, functioning, contributing, creative, inspirational, kick-ass photographer. I couldn’t possibly think of anything else I would like to do with my life. I eat, sleep, breathe… even dream photography. I finally feel like I’m right where I am meant to be. Is it going to be hard? Probably, however, I know that I have everything, within in me, that I need to succeed. Now… if I could just work on my patience :-)

A “speed limit of 25″ is a little diffcult for me to handle but it’s exactly what I need. The Bible teaches that the race is not given to the swift or the strong but to the one that endure to the end (Ecclesiastes 9:11; Matthew 24:13). This is patience my friends…

~Saadia Me*Chel

 
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