Today we’d like to introduce you to Bianca Ramirez.
Hi Bianca, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I officially started my photography journey in August 2022 after constantly being encouraged by my husband, family, & friends.
I kept feeling like I needed to do something different or to do something more in my life. I felt a calling but I kept pushing that feeling away because leaving a perfectly good job to purse a dream was not in the cards for me. It wasn’t that we couldn’t do it financially or anything like that. Its the fact that I was raised to get a job 9-5 come home and do it all over again. Owning a business just felt and seemed out of reach.
(I worked in the medical field at that time)
;but lets go back to the very beginning
In high school I was a part of a photography cluster (side note but an important detail: my mom purchased a Canon rebel for me during this time and this is the camera I used at the very beginning) and my senior year I was a part of the yearbook staff. Photography had always been a hobby that I loved. I just never imagined then, what God had in the works for my future.
In June 2022 I did much research before I officially launched my business. I watched tiktoks, YouTube videos, and invested in an online course to better educate myself on all the dos and don’ts. I then started creating my branding, business instagram, website, contracts, invoices, questionnaires, etc (too many that’s probably not as exciting, but to me it truly was). After I had that all checked off my list, I was then left to decide what I wanted to photograph. Many of the educational videos I watched mentioned having a niche would be the best way to start and so that’s what I decided to do.
I decided I would strictly do photoshoots for adults (Maternity, Engagements, Boudoir) I didn’t have any kids at that time and I didn’t think I would be any good. Key word “I decided”
I went full force (because that’s what I do). If I was going to make this work I needed to focus all my energy and time into this. Before I even started I was drained and felt like quitting.
I completely took control, forgetting that it was God who had placed this calling into my life. After I realized that I had left God completely out of the equation. I stopped. Prayed, Cried, and asked God to help me make my business everything he wanted and I prayed one of the scariest prayers I could. I asked God to take it away if it wasn’t what I needed to be doing (maybe this wasn’t the calling, maybe I had it all wrong), but if this was what I needed to be doing I need him to help me and bring the people that needed to be in my life and I in theirs.
Yes I would continue to put in the work, but the way I was going about it was completely wrong. For starters I had closed myself off to photographing anything other than adults.
After the prayers, after some self reflection, I started promoting my services. I asked God to send me the people that needed to be In my life and believe it or not. My first paid client was a family photoshoot with 4 kids. I thought that was funny because that wasn’t what I had decided to photograph -I was staying away from the kids remember lol.
Families, Kids Milestone Photoshoots – were primarily the photoshoots I was getting booked for so I quickly realized this was part of what I needed to photograph and to my surprise I am actually really great with kids. I have a lot of patience and I like running around being silly right alongside them.
My business is a product of hardwork yes, but I didn’t do this alone. God was and is the reason my business is what it is today. I am a full time lifestyle photographer. I document families, couples, maternity, birthdays, and seasonal minis. I was able to go full time leaving my 9-5 job in August of 2023. I have documented over 500 photoshoots and I have met so many amazing people (many of which are now great friends of mine)
This what I do, is more than business, it’s personal, I literally get hired to document the most special moments in peoples lives. From welcoming their first babies to celebrating an engagement. I care deeply about all my clients and I am so blessed this is my life.
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?
Imposter syndrome lol – feeling like I am not good enough is probably one of the hardest struggles I’ve had to deal with.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a lifestyle photographer. I photograph families, couples, maternity, birthdays, and seasonal minis.
We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
I define success as having time for the important things.
Yes being financially stable, yes having no debt, but having time for family, for yourself that’s success. Money comes and goes but time is fleeting
Contact Info:
- Website: https://bdelbosquephotography.mypixieset.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdelbosquephotography
- Other: https://sessionl.ink/bdelbosquephotography
Image Credits
B Del Bosque Photography (myself)
