Serena Creative

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.   –Joseph Campbell 

Following my portrait and commercial photography bliss, I headed to New Orleans last week for a conference. I learned lots of new tools and techniques to improve my business and the service I can provide to clients, and in between the workshops, there was the city.

There are so many wonderful things about NOLA… The way its people truly love their town and fight so hard to return it to its glory, how food is so important and well-prepared (as long as you stay off Bourbon), and the many architectural touches that grace this city on the water.

I walked the city for hours every day, (seeing location after location where I'd love to shoot a musician or new model) and the one element that left me in awe every time? The doors.

Doors represent Opportunity and what lies beyond that portal is up for the imaginations’ debate. These doors were grand and simple, busted up and repainted for the thousandth time. They held character and stories within themselves that left me wondering what they had seen & what opportunities lie behind.

These doors represent the hopes for 2012. Some have seen better days and may not get much love this year, but each one is beautiful for the story and the possibilities they carry.

May you have many beautiful doors open to you, and new ones created as we each follow our bliss.

- Jen