{"id":4,"date":"2008-10-13T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenamato.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/13\/personal-well-ive-jumped-on-the-blogging-bandwagon\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:32:22","slug":"well-ive-jumped-on-the-blogging-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/well-ive-jumped-on-the-blogging-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, I&#8217;ve jumped on the blogging bandwagon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attended Image X workshop last week here in New Orleans where I had the pleasure of meeting and learning from some of the best photographers in the country.  It changed the way I view the photography world, the wedding industry, and my business. I met some amazing and talented people who shared their experiences in getting where they are today. I realized that great photographers are confident, patient, passionate, and most importantly HAPPY! These are the people that I went there to learn from, these are the people that truly love what they do.<\/p>\n<p>I feel blessed to have a career that often doesn&#8217;t feel like work. I get to meet and work with some really cool and unique people who appreciate the beauty in photography. I love when people get it, when they see it, when they understand the timeless gift they are giving themselves&#8230;whether it be a wedding or a portrait session. Photos have the power take us back to a moment in time that will never re-play. These are the things that I take pleasure in capturing&#8230;.these are the things that have molded me into who I am today.<\/p>\n<p>The experience of Image X has brought me here&#8230;.blogging. Even if no one ever reads this, its still a place of self discovery. The photography world can be challenging and competitive, and being one of the youngest in the business is a whole different story. Surrounding yourself with positive people and staying true to yourself is what matters. I hope to show a closer look at my life and the things at inspire me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended Image X workshop last week here in New Orleans where I had the pleasure of meeting and learning from some of the best photographers in the country. It changed the way I view the photography world, the wedding industry, and my business. I met some amazing and talented people who shared their experiences [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23461,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/23461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}