Fayetteville Portrait Photographer, Atina King -- Beautiful Ladies!

I had the amazing opportunity to swap out some work recently!  As a photographer, its so hard to find another photographer to take your photos.  Partly because you become so critical of your own family photos, partly because you know who the absolute best photographers are (and if you're like me, don't have that kind of money in your budget), but also because photography can tend to be a fiercely competitive business.

I found a gem though.  Who isn't afraid of competition, and was totally willing to swap out sessions for free!  I took pictures of Tiffany and her girls, and she took pictures of me and my family.  How perfect is that!  If you haven't checked her out, her name is Tiffany Morris, and she owns Tiffany Morris Photography in Bentonville, AR.  She is awesome, fun to hang out with, and takes some amazing photos.  (I'll post some of our family photos she took tomorrow!)  And best of all, we both share the point of view that we are not each other's competition.  Its so nice to be able to share photography tips and tricks with each other.

Honestly, I have this point of view on my competition.  We are all there to do the same thing.  Yes, we might share a customer base.  Yes, they might "steal" my business.  But my thinking is that if another photographer "steals" one of my customers, then I need to step it up.  I don't want my customers settling for so-so images.  I want them to be blown away!  So if another local photographer comes to me with a question, be it about technical things, or even business strategy, I help them out!  Because a little competition makes me better at what I do.  It keeps me on my toes, and keeps me creative.  Without competition, we would all be settling for photos from those mall department store studios.

But competition is not what this post is all about.  I wanted to show off the gorgeous images I captured of Tiffany and her girls.  Aren't they precious?!