My Photography Journey

My Photography Journey - How Morgan E Photography Came to Be

My journey to becoming a wedding and portrait photographer begins with a love for the outdoors, being involved, and photography. While attending UW-Stevens Point, I loved spending time in the immense number of outdoor spaces that were near or on campus and would often spend weekends and time not in classes or work exploring. During my sophomore year, I was looking for other way to get involved that would boost my resume and the work I was hoping to do after graduation, which landed me attending the college's student run newspaper meetings. After one meeting I had volunteers to photograph pieces for three different stories and I was off.

I remained involved with the newspaper throughout school and during my senior year one of the editors of the newspaper asked if I would be interested in photographing his engagement session. “Let me know what you would charge,” he said and in that moment I knew that I could make money doing something I loved, photography. Needless to say I said “Yes!”. After the session, my mind began to race on how I could show other people that I was worth investing in to take their photos. I began photographing friends, planning styled shoots, joining photography groups on Facebook and finding any information I could as to how to build experience and my skills.

I was lucky in that I had a close friend that was already photographing weddings that I was able to second shoot with her to build a portfolio of images. In 2016, I received my first wedding day photography inquiry from an acquaintance in college and after meeting they chose to book with Morgan E Photography for their wedding and engagement​ photos!

After that I was able to build a website, social media following, and I began to develop word of mouth referrals. I have been photographing weddings as a head photographer since the Summer of 2017. I would love to someday go full-time with my photography, but in the meantime I will continue to love and build the community that I have. :)

xoxo, Morgan