Wanna know something crazy?

I almost sold my camera.

Back in the Summer of 2022, I was so sure I had heard God tell me to sell my camera. To give up photography completely. I was like, “Okay, C’mon God are you sure I’m supposed to sell it?” And I just COULDN’T SHAKE IT. So I began selling some of my equipment and forgetting the idea and dream I would ever be a full time photographer. It had been a dream of mine for so long, but at the end of the day I was willing to surrender my dream to God to pursue His plans and His will for my life

One day, I told my soon to be husband at the time all I was processing. And he asked me, “Are you sure you’re supposed to sell it? What if God didn’t mean to literally sell it, but was trying to speak to you about something else? What if you just gave photography two years and see what happens.”

So I prayed about it, and I had peace to not sell my camera. But I would give photography my everything for 2 years and see what happened. As I began to pursue photography, it soon became clear God wasn’t asking me to literally sell my camera, but my mindset about it. For the longest time, I saw photography as my side gig, my side hobby, I really only wanted to do it for money because I was always working other jobs. As I began to have this revelation, and started to surrender my ideas and my mindset when it came to my business to the Lord, He started to speak to me and show me all the different ways I can use my business as a ministry and love people really well through it. He also not only did that, but he provided me with 12 weddings and over 30 seniors this year! This is God’s photography business, not mine. He gets all the glory and praise for the past year, and all my future business!!

It has truly been the biggest joy to step into full-time photography this year, and I truly cannot wait to meet you, work with you, serve you, hear you story, become best friends, laugh together, cry together, create together and so much more!

- Marissa Elise