First try...

I completed my first official photography gig!  

I took her one more time this weekend after learning from our first shoot.

Here's a look.

I learned SO much. 

And having the edited pictures printed today just to see how they looked in print, was even a bigger lesson given the fact that computers are all show color differently.  

Experience.  Experience. Experience. 

Just like with teaching...it is best to just jump in because, so much of the important stuff is learned actually getting your hands dirty and going for it.