Your name: Courtney Beck

Workshop:  week 2

If you have a nickname, what is it? Court, schooldays were Corky or Corn nut

Are you single, married, have children? Married a year and a few months to Justin. No children yet.

What state do you live in ? Utah – born and raised

What do you spend way too much of your time doing? Being on the computer.

What do you wish you could spend more of your time doing? Catch up on things I’m behind on.

How did photography find you? I don’t really remember a time when I didn’t enjoy pictures. I remember in Junior High when we had to research about different careers and photography was definitely on of them. I didn’t really do anything about it in a business sense until about 2 years ago. I took my cousin and my neighbor on a photo shoot with film. I showed a friend/neighbor/photographer what I had done and she asked if I wanted to second shoot with her the next day at a wedding. I was so excited, even more that I got to use a digital SLR. I think that weekend I bought my camera.

What is your favorite thing to take pictures of? I enjoy taking engagements photos, but people in general. I LOVE taking senior pictures.

How long have you been doing photography ? Around 2 years

Do you have a photography business? If so, for how long? I guess so, around 2 years.

What is your favorite food? I love pretty much anything with chicken except chicken cord-on-blue (nasty! No offense!). I love Pina Colada smoothies. As far as a certain ethnic group – MEXICAN. I love Javier’s in Ogden, UT.

What is something you can’t live without? Mascara, I feel weird not wearing it and my husband and family in general.

What is something no one knows about you? You know, I’m really not a loud person so I thought this would be easy to answer but I can’t really think of anything.

What is on your iPod or Playlist: Frank Sinatra, Amos Lee, Corinne Bailey Rae, Michael Buble, Diana Krall, and others but I can’t remember them now.

Are you a night owl or early riser? I went from an early riser to a night owl.

What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Ice cream with caramel and maple bar donuts.

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world…dead or alive, who would it be? My great grandma Helen. My mom and aunt always say how funny she was but I don’t remember her.

What are some things that you like? Smoothies, dogs, fishing, going to movies, and bowling every now and again.

What are some things you don’t like ? Being taken advantage of.

When you can do anything, what do you do? I would like to go fishing, play Guitar Hero, and hang out with Justin (movies, video games).

What do you have to do before you die? I want to go to England, Italy, and Mexico. I would also like to visit a third world country. My goal is to have a photograph in a magazine.

Tell us something more about you:

Funny I guess that I’m borderline narcolepsy. It really is funny but there’s too long of a story behind it. Now I hope I don’t see the search for the Narc at the workshop!!! Just kidding!!! And we caught a mouse in our apartment today!

Serious I have an issue with people watching me edit photos over my shoulder. In an art class in junior high my teacher would always stand over my shoulder and watch what I was doing. I don’t like the feeling of being critiqued while I’m in the middle of something. When it’s a finished project, it feels different somehow.

Entertaining As soon as I get home from work I put on some sweat/pajama pants on. Justin just loves it. I hate wearing dress pants every day so when I get home I have to get into some comfy clothes.

Philosophical Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………………….

Exciting I’m going to this workshop! The last day of the workshop is my birthday! Big 22!!! Then a couple weeks later my brother comes home from France!

True I’m pretty reserved and quiet until I get used to new surroundings.

Name 2 of your weaknesses: Procrastination and keeping my life not busy.

Name 5 of your strengths: Caring, organization (not quite at the moment), creative, fast learner, good listener.