Your name: Karyn Hatch

Workshop: week 1

If you have a nickname, what is it? Bebo or KJ

Are you single, married, have children? Married, 3 years in February! No kiddos yet.  

What state do you live in ? Grew up my entire life in Texas, got married and then moved to Northern Virginia

What do you spend way too much of your time doing? Reading blogs…I’m obsessed!

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

How did photography find you? I have always loved photography and have always dreamed of doing it. My best friends did it, so I took the leap and have now started on my own.

What is your favorite thing to take pictures of? People! I love capturing the different looks you get when you put a camera in front of a child…you never know what you’re going to get. I like taking landscape pictures, but would much rather stick a person in it somewhere.

How long have you been doing photography ? For fun…forever. As a business…1 month as of August! I’m a newbie, for sure!

Do you have a photography business? If so, for how long? Um, yes…I think! I just started about a month ago and I’m still doing friends/family at this point, but I’m praying that by February I will hopefully have a growing business!

What is your favorite food? Anything Mexican! Not being in Texas anymore I have my withdrawals every now and then and have to settle for East Coast Mexican food, which is just not the same as the Mexican food in my hometown, 20 miles from Mexico!

What is something you can’t live without? God, my hubby, and my family

What is something no one knows about you? Some people know this, but very few…if I ever have an allergic reaction to food, my lips are the first thing to swell and they look like freshly injected, very plump lips…but way too plumped for me! It will stay like that for about two days.

What is on your iPod or Playlist: A workout playlist of random songs…fast songs. The new Maroon 5 album and a few podcasts

Are you a night owl or early riser? Really I’m neither. I do best going to bed around 11pm and getting up around 8am, but that doesn’t happen too often. I’d rather be a night owl than an early riser though for sure!

What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Either chips and hot sauce or peanut butter by the spoon, straight out of the jar!

If you could have dinner with anyone in the world…dead or alive, who would it be? Oh, not sure on this one. Maybe Julia Roberts or Reece Witherspoon?

What are some things that you like? Scrapbooking, chocolate, my Jack Russell (Harley), the spring and fall in Virginia, traveling

What are some things you don’t like ? Dishonest people, Egotistical people, cottage cheese, olives, DC traffic

When you can do anything, what do you do? Go to the beach

What do you have to do before you die? Travel more. I’d love to go to Greece, the Italian Riviera, parts of Eastern Europe and Australia/New Zealand. It’s a lot, I know, but I hope to live a good healthy life and somehow find a way to pay to go to all these places!

Tell us something more about you: I can be a reserved person, but can also be hyper and outgoing depending on who I’m around. I adore my husband and family more than anything. I come from a very large family (35 people as of Sept. 2007!) I have a degree in Elementary Education and taught school for 3 years before getting married. I now am a nanny of 3 kids under 3 years old, with one on the way! It’s crazy but It’s definitely preparing me for motherhood.

Funny I LOVE to laugh and love it when people make me feel like I’m funny, because I know I’m not that funny of a gal!

Serious I might not always give the best advice, but I have a great ear for listening

Entertaining Potty training 2 ½ year old boy/girl twins…it is entertaining, trust me! I never thought I’d talk about poop and pee so much in my adult life!

Philosophical There is a plan and a purpose for everything and everyone

Exciting By the time the workshop comes around in February, I will know where I will be living for the next 7 to 10 years!!! I’ve waited a long time for this!

True I have a hard time telling people no

Meaningful I was told once by someone older and wiser that you’ll end up in life with 5 faithful and loyal friends that will be true until the end…one for each finger on your hand.

Powerful I can do all things through Christ

Name 2 of your weaknesses: I can be overly critical of myself, public speaking to large crowds

Name 5 of your strengths: Optimistic, easy to get a long with, very laid back, organized, loyal