Life & Work with Rebecca Yarnall of Mesa,Arizona

Today we’d like to introduce you to Rebecca Yarnall

Hi Rebecca, 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 name is Becca and I’m a 29 year old mom to two crazy boys who happen to be the inspiration for why I do what I do. I started this business almost three years ago when I went through a terrible chapter of my life with feeling like my own 9-5 job was not getting my family by. I was getting depressed and growing frustrated with having to find the energy to work everyday because I didn’t feel proud of what I was building for my family and I wanted to be able to provide just enough to my kids to let them know that life has beautiful things to offer with enough hard work, while keeping them humble at the same time. I never needed or wanted a life of luxury, I just didn’t want to worry about deciding which bill needed to be sacrificed for two weeks while other bills got paid. I wanted to be able to lend a helping hand more to others who needed it because I feel very strongly about helping those who feel stuck and are too afraid to ask because it’s a feeling I’ve struggled with for so long. It’s a cycle that kept me from giving my children moments and memories I really wanted them to have. So I decided I was finally going to clock into something that gave me passion no matter what that was and pausing memories for others the way I love to do for myself felt like the loudest answer. After my kids were born I didn’t want to miss a single moment if I could avoid it. I wanted to hold on to as many moments as I could since I know I can’t prevent or slow time. What I do brings me so much joy knowing I’m giving others the same feeling all over again when they look back at their albums. They’re taken back to a time they were happy, sad, confident, or whatever the case may have been and it was important enough to document it to hold on to for forever and they can relive those memories as if they only happened moments ago. My job brings me so much completion now and it took me a while to find the drive to even want to discover what was missing and go for something bigger than myself but now I’ll fight like crazy to impact as many people as I possibly can with the art I make ✨

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has been anything but. I’m an emotional person and heart and my feelings are always on my sleeve.

The first year was incredibly hard. Imposter syndrome is such an ugly little monster that loves to take over sometimes and I have no shame in admitting I let it bully me a few times. But I never completely buckled, never let the pressure of “possibly” failing keep me from learning whatever I didn’t know to improve on what needed improvement. I’m much better at regulating my emotions when the seasons slow down and I don’t get as many bookings but there are still moments where the fear of slowing down/losing altogether creeps in but I’ve perfected my skill at shrugging it off and not letting it linger

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I specialize a documentary/cinematic approach to my photos and I primarily shoot families, maternity/babies, and weddings!

I’m always learning and never claim to know it all, in this field things are always changing but I’m most proud at how I’ve come to understand color theory in a whole new way and how it plays a whole role in your artistic approach. Some photographers like bright and airy, some like warm colors, some like cool colors, some like true to color. I personally like a bold and moody look to my photos, slight desaturated and very cinematic. But I try to adapt the colors in the original image to the final result and never try to favor a warmer approach vs a cooler or vice verse. I like to operate based off what’s more pleasing coming off the clients directly, This comes down to skin tones, what they may be wearing etc.

I’m also a “peeker” haha! I like to take shots of my clients sometimes while “peeking” through things to essentially create a frame around my clients! Things like flowers and plants and curtains!

What’s next?
I want to hopefully travel for more weddings and create my own studio! I would love to have a multi room studio that other photographers can book as well and utilize for their visions and open up suggestions to the public to allow other photographers send in ideas of their own for different themed rooms!

One of my many talents aside from taking a good photos is being a huge organizer/planner and being good with direction and designing. I purchase and put together a lot of my own set ups for clients to choose from and I love making them different and unique each time. To own a studio of my own to do that full time would be the dream!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://boldlybrilliantimages.mypixieset.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabRf9qTLr9AVj2hFkR4lYE8Cxhta7AdimN7Y1kDlOckl-NZXbCBhBjKwkQ_aem_Qdz2BxPwDhdPvO6WIj14qg
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boldlybrilliantimages?igsh=NGZvZ3p0cGVwaWg2&utm_source=qr

Image Credits
Boldly Brilliant Images
Rebecca Yarnall