Today we’d like to introduce you to Whittnie Batchelor.
Hi Whittnie, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My story as a photographer dates way back to five years old Whittnie. I had a chaotic life growing up, lots of trauma and heartache to say the very least. Yet not everything was dark and gloomy. There was light, one of the biggest light sources was my granny. She was the sweetest yet most fiery redheads I’ve crossed paths with to this day! She kept me a lot and she loved loved loved her photographs. Almost every inch in her home was covered in either a photo of someone she loved in a beautiful frame, a ceramic angel or a ceramic goat. The goat part is for another story, haha!
She loved photos so so much, she would write a story about the person in the photo, the date it was taken, and how old they were on the back. Her stories were always so funny, she saw the “silly” in people.
My grandmother kept a detailed, very large photo album for each of her grandkids. She also had a large wooden chest full of keepsake photographs dating far back for both her side and her late husband’s side of the family. My granny was a widow who loved to reminisce. I felt like I knew every person in every photograph because of her. Our family had a big falling out due to my mother’s drug addiction and mental illnesses. Seeing that my granny was the one who held our lives together, she stuck it out with my mom, even when there was no family or friends left in sight.
Oh how she loved her friends!!! She would sit on the phone in the hallway gossiping and laughing for what felt like hours with her friends on the landline. With big chunky socks, her high-rise pants, small gold hoops, and her deep red perm. She was STUNNING. Her smile and laugh could brighten anyone’s day.
I credit my start all to my granny and her love for people, photos, laughter and her genuine laughter. I only hope I can give my clients what she gave had in her photos and what she left in me, memories captured.
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?
Picking up the camera for the first time was fairly easy. Looking back obviously I was nowhere near where I am today with my photos but I have to admit in every season I felt like I was on fire.
It’s when I look back that I realize just how far I’ve actually come. My biggest tip would be to never stop chasing education, there is always room to learn more!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a photographer specializing in all things family! From maternity, birth, and newborns, all the way to family sessions, I’ve got my clients covered. I’m extremely proud of the fact that I get to capture motherhood in all its forms. From the anticipation of a new mom, the birth, and then those new baby cuddles, not to mention the part of motherhood we don’t seem to think of as “sweet”, the teen years. Motherhood is quite literally in every stage.
I’m not sure what sets me apart, but I will say I always promise to be as genuine as possible. I won’t fake anything, you’ll always get the real me.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
I am a follower of Jesus Christ so I wouldn’t say luck has had much to do with any part of my journey.
It’s been a lot of God calling me to exactly where I’m supposed to be, God’s goodness for blessing my life in this way, trial and error, hard work and dedication.
Pricing:
- $750 Family Sessions
- $825 Maternity Sessions
- $825 Newborn Sessions
- $825 Senior Sessions
- $1,200+ Birth Sessions
Contact Info:
- Website: https://batchelorbliss.mypixieset.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batchelorbliss/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BatchelorBliss/
