The Ugly Cry | Personal Post | Virginia Wedding Photographer | Sarah Houston Photography

I ugly cried.​

you know the sobbing, make up running, snotty nose...crying. ​

Now your thinking...oh my gosh what happened?! Did her cat die? Did something terrible happen?! No.....I didn't place in the shoot and share contest. ​

Yeah....it's THAT ridiculous. Even saying it aloud I'm thinking to myself "seriously Sarah!?" I made it to the top 6% out of 110,000 photos. Why can't I just be thankful God allowed me to make it that far?? Then I started to feel guilty...I started to think-if I am this crushed how does all the others who didn't make it either feel? I have a support system and even though my confidence isn't the best, I still have a little! But what about those who don't have any of that? How crushed are they?!

I was being SO SILLY. That contest doesn't define me! I still have wonderful brides who love me & my work! They don't care if I made Shoot & Share!! I need to love my work & myself as much as they love me & my portraits.

Im SO happy for my friends who made it, they are all so incredibly talented and they deserve to feel honored.

& as for us-the ones who didn't quite finish the race, it's OK!!! Don't let it deflate you or define you as an artist! YOU & I....WE are still AWESOME! Because we had the courage to even put our work out there...yeah we didn't quite make it but there's always next year! & don't be scared to try again, because if at first you don't succeed-try, try again.

*hugs*

I think your pretty Ah-Mazing ,so go forth and be fabulous ......................because ugly crying should be left to Kim Kardashian.

xox

Sara