Meet Kris Medeiros | Professional Photographer

We had the good fortune of connecting with Kris Medeiros and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kris, do you have some perspective or insight you can share with us on the question of when someone should give up versus when they should keep going?
The last wedding season before the pandemic took over all our lives. I had done 4 weddings in 2 weeks. For me being the only person running everything in my company, I had my first burn out. Too much went onto my plate, and I couldn’t move past it. Business dropped off a cliff leaving me hanging off a rope like Indiana Jones. So many times, I’ve thought about letting go of everything. Some little gigs here and there popped up but my wedding side of things to this day, 3 years later are still non-existent.

Tired of being in limbo for so long, letting all this gear sit around collecting dust, I started treating my business as though I was setting it up for the first time all over again. Except I have the portfolio and experience to know what works and what doesn’t. Next would be, how do I want to market? or rather what do I want to photograph? I still haven’t figure this out. Once I do I will take my risks and so what happens. This time I just want to do what gives me that fire of excitement.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Photography was not my first-choice career. Like most others it starts out as a hobby and once you realize you can get paid to click a button I started to charge for my services. Typical, I know… As the older I got and the more photographs I took I loved looking back at them and seeing the memories I made that otherwise I would have never remembered on my own. That was the excitement feeling I would get. Through all my experiences and journeys, I went through my most memorable, when my mother and father had decided to leave all that, they’ve known back in Hawaii to move to Texas so they could live by their means comfortably and retire. That year I wanted to take some photos of them with the beautiful scenery of Hawaii as the backdrop. So very happy I did that because that was the last best headshot I took of my father. It now hangs up in our house. That photograph, that memory will live on. So the biggest lesson I learned has been….. take that camera and take the shot! You’ll regret it later if you don’t.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Oh man that’s hard. I mean north Texas is big and there is something here for everyone. Pending on the time of year…… Spring, I would take them to the Arboretum in Dallas and some of the museums. Summer, we’d be fishing with our Bass boat, hanging out at the lakes and BBQing every night with some good music and drinks. Autumn, I’d take them to my favorite little historical town Grapevine, main street. They always decorate for the seasons; the shopping and food are always divine! Winter? What winter? haha. I’d drag my friends to Swing Dance as well. It’s something I’ve enjoyed since 1998 and have never stopped dancing since. I love being transported back in time at the Hanger dances.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My shoutout goes to my husband. No matter what crazy idea I have he supports it. He also acts as my legal guide or common sense.

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