{"id":2757,"date":"2017-03-15T20:44:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T20:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/?page_id=2757"},"modified":"2019-04-02T22:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T22:16:35","slug":"dear-parents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/dear-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"DEAR PARENTS,"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations on being a high school senior parent! This is such a memorable time in your son or daughter\u2019s life, and I am super honored that you are considering me to capture it! I hope\u00a0you have found this website to be informative regarding whole the whole senior portrait session works.<\/p>\n

I would love to share with you a little about me, so you can have an idea of who you might be working with! In 2003, I graduated with a degree in Mathematics Secondary Education from Iowa State University. I also ended up meeting my future husband while I was there. After graduating with a B.S. in Mathematics and Education, getting married, then moving to Minnesota, my first career was teaching math at various community colleges. An entrepreneur at heart, I also started a math tutoring business in the Eagan area working with many high school students similar to your son or daughter. Whether it was\u00a0tutoring ACT-prep and Calculus, or even volunteering at church youth groups, I have always loved working with teenagers!<\/p>\n

Along the way, I had my first baby, a girl! I picked up a camera to take pictures of my adorable baby, and completely<\/em> fell in love with photography. I found myself photographing anyone and everyone that would stand in front of my camera! To say that I found my passion is a complete understatement. Needless to say, as my skills (and equipment $$$) progressed, in 2009 I decided to make a huge career change and started Photography by Nealy \u2013 and it was one of the best decisions of my life!<\/p>\n

As a mother of four now, I realize a few things as a parent. First, life moves WAY too fast \u2013 my oldest daugther is now 10 years old, plus I have three other little ones (ages 8, 6, and 4) and the years are somehow flying by. Second, I realize that everyone needs a positive role model to look up to, especially teenagers. While I would never claim to be perfect, I do strive to be a good example for these wonderful\u00a0seniors, this is the WHY I do what I do. And third, I\u00a0think it is so awesome that so many of my senior\u2019s parents are involved in the\u00a0senior portrait process\u2013 that is why I love to end each session with \u201cmom-senior\u201d or \u201cdad-senior\u201d pictures. Parents are such an essential part of this milestone.<\/p>\n

Thank you again for taking the time to read this, and for considering working with me. I absolutely love what I do, \u00a0I can\u2019t wait to work with you and your senior!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

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Congratulations on being a high school senior parent! This is such a memorable time in your son or daughter\u2019s life, and I am super honored that you are considering me to capture it! I hope\u00a0you have found this website to be informative regarding whole the whole senior portrait session works. I would love to share […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3696,"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2757\/revisions\/3696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographybynealy.com\/seniors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}