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Hello, I'm Caitlin Brown the photographer and owner of C Joy Photography! I am from Lowell, MI and I graduated at Lowell High School in 2011. Lowell is my favorite place in the entire world. Its a small town but i guess you can cll me a small town girl! I started realizing i love photography in high school, but i realized i love taking pictures when i was 10 years old. Ive learned so much from taking pictures when i was 10 to 23 years old. One of the biggest goals in my life is to travel with my photography! Take pictures of the things I've never seen in person and the places i want to go! To see all of God's Creations! After I graduated I became lost. I wasn't sure what i wanted to do to further my life. I didnt think photography was the thing i wanted to do at the time.When was done with high school I moved to a little town called Lyons in Michigan. I was 18 Years old about to turn 19 in October. I had no job, no car, i didnt got to college like i planned to. I had nothing to do in that little town but to go outside with my camera that my parents had gave to me as a gift from christmas time. I took pictures with my sister almost everyday. I started to get anxiety that year. I always had peole ask me "When are you going to college"?. "Do you have a job"?. All those questions sunk in and i worried about everything even when there was nothing to worry about. In 2012 My family moved to Ionia to get closer back to Lowell. My Anxiety was at a all time high when i started my first job at Wendy's. I was shy and letting custmores and people get to me was the only thing standing in my way. Until one day i Saved up enough money from working to buy my first photography camera. I took pictures every chance i could with my sister. when i got my licesense i strated going places and capturing more pictures. Things were getting a little tough that year. so much stress, and I thought i never was going to be the same happy girl that i was back in 2011 in my senior year. But every time i had the chance to take pictures i realized my stress was gone. Photography was my happly place. i felt a relief everytime i had a photoshoot or just went out and took pictures. I prayed that God would show me who I was. After high school you realize alot about yourself. Sometimes your'e a whole different person. you like different things, you see things in a new light. I found out why i love Daisies, why i like certain clothes, certain music, colors, why i like nature so much, kayaking, dancing, working out, running, Everything boho, and most importantly My love for Jesus and God! I've always wanted to be Free Spirited! I lost sight of that between 2011 and 2013. I was so pushed on what i was going to do with my life and thought it had to be done soon, but God had a different plan for me. There is a reason why I never went to college, and that was because It wasnt for me. I new what I wanted to do with my life before i even i knew it. I loved cameras since i was little and when i was young I had no idea why...but now I do! i also knew that you can succeed without college. It takes Dedication and lots of hard work. its 2016 and I'm still learning more and more about photography and myself. I am at my best that i have ever been. I am still working on getting my own place so i can start my own  studio, but i know its near! I will keep going and continue to make my dream a reality!