Today we’d like to introduce you to Arelys Marrero.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Hi! I’m Arelys I’m in my 20’s, I’m married to an amazing man that gave me two beautiful daughters. My photography name is “Itamarsphotography“ because my middle name is Itamar interesting, huh haha and I’m a photographer. Okay, got that covered, let’s move on to the good stuff! I love to laugh and do my best to make others laugh. I make a lot of jokes and the kind of jokes that are so-bad-they’re-good. I love pasta and cheese. (If that’s not class, I’m not sure what is) But one of my favorite parts of my job is the people I get to meet and work with. It is such an honor to be asked to capture important moments in people’s lives. To be asked to be a part of important events, hearing stories, witnessing love stories unfold, watching kids grow up, it is such a gift to call this my job!
I also love developing relationships with my clients. The real joy is when my clients return with their milestones and growing families. I absolutely love giving my clients moments frozen in time to decorate their walls of their homes. I love nothing more to walk into my client’s home for friendly visits and see all the images from our sessions telling stories on their walls! When I photograph my clients, I enjoy interacting with them and allowing them to be silly. I love those real candid moments that tell a story all by themselves. But My photography journey started not so long ago, thanks to my loving husband he gifted me my very first camera and It was the first camera that let me capture the world the way I saw it and I loved it. I’ve always loved taking photos and editing. It was always a thing for me but I never realized that it was truly my passion until I had my daughters. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t think I would be where I am right now. Postpartum depression is definitely something that comes like a wave after birth. I struggled with feeling like if I wasn’t a good mother or not feeling good about myself. But I would distract myself by taking pictures of my daughters and taking my time with it and adding props here and there and the passion just grew in me so deep I knew it was something I wanted to do. It was always meant to be my thing I just didn’t know it yet.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Photography is definitely not easy it take time and patience. The easy thing to do it just get to know your clients really try to understand what they want in your photos and that will really help you realize some stress there hahaha.
Do you have recommendations for books, apps, blogs, etc?
My Christian radio station Z88.3 they keep me positive and it always starts my day up.
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Itamarsphotography (Arelys Marrero)
