Your name: 

Kim scot fischer

Workshop: week 1

If you have a nickname, what is it?

Mama… ha, ha. back when I was a bartender everyone called me scotty

Are you single, married, have children? Married with two children
If you have children: how many, what are their names, how old are they: Davis is 5 and Hagen is 18 mo

What state do you live in ?

california

What do you spend way too much of your time doing?

Ummm, lately … editing!,

What do you wish you could spend more of your time doing?

Playing with my kids…Photographing things other than weddings… swimming., yoga, dining in fabulous locations with great wine and good company. Traveling. Photographing all of the above!

How did photography find you? In another lifetime, I worked for Crate & Barrel. My photography partner Niki (whom you all will meet) also worked there. She had just graduated from film school, and inspired me with her talk of photography. We started a small women’s photogroup . Niki inspired me and sparked my true love of photography. As well as derailing me from Grad school.I can say she was the closest thing I ever had to a mentor. Now ,almost 15 years later, we run a business together.

What is your favorite thing to take pictures of? Anything that has inspired light.

How long have you been doing photography ? Close to 15 years

Do you have a photography business? If so, for how long? Yes. I shot my first wedding in 1999. Niki and I actually got our business license in 2005. Those first few years were slow. I think in the last year and a half we have finally felt like this is a REAL business.

What is your favorite food? Sushi and ice cream… not together

What is something you can’t live without? My kids, of course.

What is something no one knows about you?

I am an open book… everyone knows everything about me.

What is on your iPod or Playlist:

No iPod, but my I listen to the follwing on a regular basis: The Be Good Tanyas,, Lily Allen, Damone, Crooked Still

Are you a night owl or early riser?

My children are early risers therefore I am .. but before children I could sleep til noon!

What is your favorite guilty pleasure?

Reality shows

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world…dead or alive, who would it be?

My husband and a few close friends. That sounds so domestic, but, seriously, we never go out to dinner without the kids.

What are some things that you like?

wine, the changing of the seasons, my son’s laugh, sleeping babies, deserted beaches on cloudy days…um…I sound like I am fillng out a singles add..

What are some things you don’t like?

Passive aggressiveness. War. When I am impatient with my kids. Traffic. Instant coffee.

When you can do anything, what do you do? I would go to a decent restaurant by myself and have a good meal with a great glass of wine, and watch people….think about how I would photograph them.

What do you have to do before you die?

Take my kids to Alaska. Have a satisfying career and let my husband quit his job.

Tell us something more about you:

Funny

I like to make the ‘hang loose’ sign with my hand … a lot.

Serious

There are days that I seriously seriously doubt my skill as a photographer, and I start to panic, like “what am I doing with my life” kind of thing.

Entertaining

My 18 mo old is sitting in his highchair right now covered head to toe in blueberry yogurt

Philosophical (Davina-Everything in life is not urgent.)

I think feminism gives us the choice to not only be kick ass and strong but to be weak and vunerable as well.

Exciting

I feel like my career is on the brink of something big. I feel in the next year my business will expode.

True

I am a really good mom.

Meaningful

I was molested as a child .. went through years of therapy,-found my strength, and can honestly say if I could go back and change history I would not. My journey has made me who I am, and I really like how I turned out.

Powerful (Millie- Well... I am pretty strong for a woman.)

I think I am pretty strong, too… Millie you know we are the stronger sex ;) !

Name 2 of your weaknesses: (Lauren- Organization and MATH!)

I procrastinate

I am deathly unorganized

Name 5 of your strengths: (Millie- fun to be around, time management, dedicated, loyal, optimistic.)

I am honesty

Loving

Generous

Strait forward

Strong