🎂💕 And What a Year It’s Been! 📸✨ Today is my birthday, and I’ve been reflecting on this past year and just how much my life has changed. If you had told me a year ago that I would be running my own online photography community, meeting incredible people from all over the world, and photographing people without ever having to leave my home, I don’t know if I would have believed you! I’ve been a photographer for over 20 years, but I never imagined that technology would allow me to take something I’ve loved my entire life and share it with people across the globe. And yet, here we are! ❤️ What started as a love for capturing beautiful images has turned into something so much bigger. I’ve had the privilege of helping people see themselves in a whole new light. I’ve watched confidence grow right before my eyes. I’ve seen people light up when they see their photographs, sometimes in ways they never expected. And somewhere along the way, something else happened. I found my people. This community has brought so many wonderful human beings into my life. People from different countries, different backgrounds, different walks of life, all coming together to learn, create, encourage, and support one another. Some of you started as members, some became clients, and so many of you have become friends. And that means more to me than you could ever know. At 58 years young, I’m not slowing down. If anything, I feel like I’m just getting started! I’m learning, growing, creating, publishing, dreaming bigger, and discovering new possibilities every single day. And the most beautiful part? I get to wake up every morning and do something I absolutely love. That’s a gift I don’t take for granted. So today, on my birthday, I want to say THANK YOU. Thank you for being here. Thank you for trusting me with your photographs. Thank you for sharing your stories, your smiles, your encouragement, and your friendship. You’ve made this past year one I’ll never forget. Here’s to another year of beautiful faces, incredible connections, new adventures, and dreams we haven’t even imagined yet.

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Before joining Skool, I had never touched AI! Now I'm creating short anime videos to bring chapters from my real-life memoir to a visual experience for readers inside my Memoir Skool! 🎬📖 And I'm having so much fun learning how to create these videos! Here's a little Hollywood adventure featuring OPE & Barbie, with @Rositsa Aleksandrova ! 😂💃 Coming soon… a brand-new YouTube series from Photography by Cristal! JUST KIDDING! 😂 Or am I? 🎬💥 https://youtu.be/D9WNQT3ouUc

Hi everyone :) just wanted to stop by and show appreciation for our beautiful inside and out @Cristal Vancarson 🩷 Last week, she did LIVE her fist headshot in a group meeting in @Chanie Twersky’s community Return to Self. The headshot is of @Frances Scully of you are curious to see it. It’s beautiful! Cristal guided her through posing and made her feel comfortable and the result really speaks for itself!! Also, Cristal did my profile photo! She took a still from one of my videos in the tribe when I posted for our market day. I love my profile photo!! Even tho I have a million and a half other photos from modeling…. It’s pure, natural and beautiful, capturing my true essence. Cristal has the eye for portraying someone in their best purest most beautiful form and a heart to compassionately and patiently find it and create it. We love you Cristal! 🩷 On top of my head, other profile pictures here on Skool that Cristal made are those of: @Chanie Twersky, @Ossie Osmond, @Karin Crawford & @Andrew Brooks… just to name a few 🥰 From the bottom of my heart @Cristal Vancarson, THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU!

Oh my gosh, Missi!! ❤️ I’m SO excited to have you back! I had absolutely NO idea you were such a Canva expert! 😂 I think I’ve touched Canva maybe once or twice, and let’s just say… overwhelming is an understatement. 😂 So I’m really excited that you’re here because I definitely have a LOT I can learn from you! I’m a photographer and specialize in LIVE Remote Headshots, where I photograph and coach people from anywhere using their own smartphone — Hollywood-level direction without ever having to come to a studio. 📸❤️ So if you ever need an updated headshot for Canva, your community, website, social media, or anything else, I’m here for you! And I have a feeling I may be knocking on YOUR door when I get brave enough to tackle Canva again. 😂❤️ Welcome back, Missi! I’m so happy you’re here! Canva With Missi