If you have been following along with my Wednesday video check-ins, then you have probably heard me talk about my absolute obsession with journaling this year. I have journals of every shape, size, and color in a huge stack next to my bed and they all have a different purpose. You may be asking what in the world this has to do with my photography business, and the short answer is- EVERYTHING!
Read MoreI just wrapped up my very last vacation for the year, and as much as I love new experiences, I am glad to be back home. School is in full swing and the kids’ schedules keep us running hard right on through Winter Break, which means the house is a bit quieter during the day. I have always prioritized printing photographs from our summer excursions to hang on the fridge and on our travel walls. Most phones carry thousands of photographs, but I can’t begin to count the number of clients who have confessed that they never print them, sometimes forget to back them up, and many of them have been a victim to losing them in an unfortunate phone accident. Here is your gentle, friendly reminder to get those babies backed-up and printed off!
Read More2024. It’s a new year, and for me, that means reassessing where I am headed, reflecting on where I’ve been, making goals for the new year, envisioning my joy-filled future life, and creating various vision boards around my house to keep me on track and aligned all year long.
Read More“Give them permission to love themselves.”
This blog post has been a long time coming! One of the most incredible experiences of my lifetime happened a month ago, and since then, I have been processing all of the good that was flowing towards me at a very fast rate. It’s time to share just a very small fraction of this life changing event with you.
Read MoreThe Studio Soul Session Podcast has come out with a second episode, and it is full of joy! In this episode, Elizabeth Bailey sits down to talk with Katey Kratz, owner of On A Good Note. Katey is in the business of happiness coaching, which fits in perfectly with the mission behind Studio Bliss. Both women have learned the value of creating the life they were meant to lead by reframing and refocusing with intent.
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Finding joy. Elizabeth Bailey is an award-winning photographer from Springfield, Illinois who has fought adversity and found joy behind her camera lens. She is on a mission to reflect beauty, a sense of belonging and self-worth back to her clients through the portrait experience and now by podcasting. The Soul Session Podcast delves deep into our innate human need for creating connections with one another through storytelling and imagery.
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Tonight’s share is a deep one for me, but there is a real need here that I cannot ignore. Anyone who knows me, knows there is very little that I hold back. I was born a storyteller and the more confident I have become, the more open that book is. I have gone through quite a personal transformation in the past year based on self worth. It has changed me to the core and my business model for Studio Bliss has followed suit in such a profound and beautiful evolution.
Read MoreWelcome to the family and welcome to the brand new Studio Bliss Photography website! I am so glad you made your way here. All of my gorgeous galleries have been updated, new headshots have been taken, and we now have a space where friends and families can easily purchase gift vouchers for their loved ones to our studio.
With incredible generosity from the Springfield Art Association and Betsy Dollar in particular, I have had a wonderful space to shoot in downtown. The Springfield Art Collective now owns the Broadwell Pharmacy building, which overlooks the Old State Capitol. I could not be more grateful, because their extreme generosity has given me the opportunity to expand my studio session offerings during the cold weather months.
Not only have I been able to begin work on indoor portraiture with beautiful lighting, but you will notice that we now have a Personal Branding & Headshot Gallery page. Covid changed the way that many businesses, both big and small, operate. Many clients began working on ways to sell products and services online. With visual imagery becoming more important than ever, Studio Bliss has been able to fill in those gaps for many local businesses with creative product photography, contemporary headshots, and personal branding images for social media.
As if all of this wasn’t amazing enough, I was able to network locally with Willow and Birch Salon, and we are now offering hair and makeup services for our portrait sessions. In October, I was interviewed by the incredible Lana Shovlin for a spread on my self-value work through portraiture and was published in the Capital City Parent Magazine. I lent my services to the ALS Association and was invited to their local Walk as well as their fundraising Gala at Union Station in St. Louis. I worked really hard this year in a mentoring program and gained a lovely new friend to cheer me on from Nashville.
There are so many other BIG adventures in the works for 2022! I turn 40 this year, and I can just feel the forward movement rushing through me like a freight train. I am running towards those big dreams with an abundance of gratitude for all that I have been given. Thank you for supporting my small business and for cheering me on for the past decade! What a really incredible way to start a new chapter, and I look forward to seeing you all in the coming year!
