Day 11

I now Pronounce you:

Every now and then we are given small tests to find out our true nature and character as a person.

Almost a year ago in January I did a photo shoot with an amazing friend and mentor and in late March / early April she was contacted by an Urban Outfitters rep who ran across my photo on a fashion blog and asked about the hair makeup, wanting to know if she would be interested in starting a line. For the next few months she worked her bones to the grind and sure enough her product hit and in 3 days was sold out online. Urban was so excited that they decided to have a launch party in NYC at their Soho location, where Ellie Goulding would be singing her new solo. She asked if I wanted to go and that she would pay for it since I had been there from the start! I was jumping for joy, the fact I would get to go to NYC, to be surrounded by amazing people, to meet Ellie (who I’ve been listening and swooning over for the last 3 years) was such a rush I could of had a boner... but then it hit... What day, I asked “Thurs” ...Thurs, what?! “The 11th” ... And my world went spinning... I felt like I was falling a 1000 feet without a parachute... A wedding FML! I was contracted to shoot a wedding... now in the contract it stated I could cancel at anytime but they had found me months in advance and it was 2 weeks away, I was recommended by a friend, they had already paid and they loved their date of 10/11/12.

I wanted to be in New York so bad but I didn’t want to leave these people hanging for they told me they couldn’t see anyone else shooting their wedding. I called my dad... being a strong man in ethics and in life I asked his advice. Wishing I could clone myself and be in two places at once I knew what I had to do, I had to keep my promise. I hated myself but I would have hated myself even more if I would have been selfish and chosen to go to NYC. I know that in time I will get another chance to shine and to have my cake and eat it too but in that moment sticking with my word and shooting someone’s most memorable day was what I needed to do, even if it meant missing out on one of my most memorable days.


Today:
Song: Ellie Goulding - Lights
Quote of the Day: “Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.”
Fav Food Consumed Today: Roast Beef with Horsey Sauce
Craving: Rainbow Sherbet
Drinking: H2o
Random Fact: I look forward to finding the girl I want to spend the rest of my days with, who I can laugh with, share with and be the person I see myself to be.