I’ve been so blessed with a beautiful, crazy, busy 2019 in my business and I have zero regrets or complaints about that. I do, however, want to make sure that I’m always keeping my time between all of the things I love — family, hobbies, work — balanced.

Today’s Focus On is a spotlight on Dori-Anne, a freelance makeup artist in New Jersey. Enjoy this peek into her business, her balance and her dreams. Be sure to follow her, cheer her on and stay tuned for more entrepreneur spotlights every two weeks.

Every year in my photography business has brought me something — some lesson, some feeling, some major accomplishment. In some years, it is a year of learning. Some years have been times of growth.

There’s going to be a handful of important changes to Wendy Zook Photography in 2019 — things I’m doing to make my client experience even better from start to finish and things that will help me better balance my work, family, hobbies and big, new dreams.

Among those changes is my plan to limit the number of sessions I take during my busiest months especially.

I believe in a world where we cheer one another on and we don’t see any other entrepreneur as a competitor. (It’s why I love the Rising Tide Society so much!) I love when I see other business owners support one another and I can’t possibly count all of the times I’ve been inspired or […]

I spend a lot of time in my little corner of the basement where my office lies. It started out as a slightly-cluttered, cold, disorganized space and it is now a nook that makes me happy. The systems I’ve put in place to not only work well but enjoy working there have been invaluable in […]

I believe in a world where we cheer one another on and we don’t see any other entrepreneur as a competitor. (It’s why I love the Rising Tide Society so much!) I love when I see other business owners support one another and I can’t possibly count all of the times I’ve been inspired or […]

I believe in a world where we cheer one another on and we don’t see any other entrepreneur as a competitor. (It’s why I love the Rising Tide Society so much!) I love when I see other business owners support one another and I can’t possibly count all of the times I’ve been inspired or […]

I’ve known about and admired Sarah Moul of Empower Fitness and Health since shortly after my family and I moved to the New Market area of Maryland in 2017. She’s friends with a lot of my friends and through neighborhood events and social media, I’ve watched her take dreams into reality and changed lives through […]

When I moved to Rochester, New York, two years ago, I was at a wild crossroads. My identity was all over the place — not only with new geographic surroundings and a new place to call home, but also with my still-new photography business that had just crossed state lines and plopped down in an […]