As a photographer, pricing your work can be one of the most difficult tasks. You want to charge enough to reflect your skill and creativity, but not so much that you lose clients. The key to finding that sweet spot is a combination of self-reflection, market research, and understanding the value you bring to the table.

I’m a planner by nature. I love a good strategy, a mapped-out vision, and a timeline that makes sense. And for the longest time, I believed that if I just worked hard enough, stayed disciplined enough, and followed the plan closely enough, things would go exactly the way I expected.

But then God stepped in and said, “Watch this.”

Building a creative business takes grit, but lasting success comes from something deeper. This post dives into what happens when you shift from striving alone to building with faith—choosing purpose over pressure, provision over panic, and impact over income.