three and a half years ago i discovered a love of seeing life through a lens. in that season of my life photography presented me with a new way of seeing the world and relating to it. it gave me the opportunity to share my perspective. it changed me. so i decided to learn more and out of that grew this, sindisiwe photography. i kind of just made the decision and that was that. the past three years have been filled with some incredible clients and also working with and learning from some stellar photographers.
i think i knew going in that it wouldn’t last forever. i didn’t want it to. just to get me through grad school was the original plan.
and about eight months ago that started to change. my heart grew anxious to photograph something different and new. i knew what i really wanted, to tell stories and to start jumping into photojournalism. it was idea that i had been tossing around for the past year, but because of fear, i had never stepped into it. after lots of conversations and late nights thinking/analyzing/planning, the decision was finally made. it was time to end this and start something different.
while a part of me is sad to say that sindisiwe photography is ending, i couldn’t be more excited to tell you that mandie sodoma creative is beginning. yes, i’m still a photographer. and yes, i still photograph weddings and i love photographing lifestyle sessions. however i’m making space to focus more on other projects, including a photojournalistic piece that’s been in the works since late spring (more on that later!). going through this process over the past several months, i’ve felt myself come alive in a new way as i’m finding what it is that i truly love to do.
you’ll be able to find me over at my new website! there is a blog there as well and i plan to be updating more regularly with photographs from my current project.
for all of you who have supported me in this over the past three years, thank you. i hope you stick around as i move into this next season of life!
cheers!
mandie
also, aren’t lexy and gabe great?! i’ll be blogging about them on the new blog later this week!
i’ve been back in seattle for a couple of weeks now. the time to edit my photos from europe has been little, so i’m very slowly getting through all of them. today i finished up editing the first week of the trip. so england is done. now i get to move onto ireland and then rome. cool.
currently i’m at home resting up some. editing. taking care of a few emails. watching episodes of arrested development on netflix. it’s nice before the craziness begins next week.
right now i’m content and joyful. some cool things are ahead. school will be packed, as always. however i’m forcing myself to take it easier and i dropped a class. only after much assurance from a few friends that, no, i do not have to be an over-achiever all of the time. i can’t believe that this is my senior year at SPU and in 9 months i will have a diploma in hand. whoa. in other news, i’m finally starting a photography project that i’ve been researching for months. it’s the kind of thing i’ve been hoping to do for the past 2 years. i’m anxious to start and can’t wait to share more about it in a couple of weeks, once the ball gets rolling.
plus fall has arrived. so i’m happy.
in editing tonight i came across this photograph. i don’t know why i love it so much. but i do. might be one of my favorites that i’ve ever taken. his awesome umbrellas gets me so excited for the rain to come soon. i love fall in seattle.
i had the chance to visit with my friend laura for a couple of days. shortly after seeing her i noticed something shiny on her left hand. i hadn’t heard about any engagement yet, but sure enough, alex had surprised laura and proposed while they were on holiday the week before. so exciting!
my last night with them we took about 10 minutes to grab a few photos. here are a handful of my favorites.
thank you for letting me stay at your apartment for a few nights. and for introducing me to a pub quiz. haha. i had such a great time. best of luck with wedding preparations!
walmley — sutton coldfield, england
while visiting england in august, i stayed with anneliese and her family. they made me feel right at home. i love the mountfords!
anthony proposed to anneliese about a week before i came. so obviously it was perfect timing for some photos. apparently the british don’t normally do engagement photos, but anneliese+anthony rocked it anyways. these two are hilarious. but in such a way that you wouldn’t expect it. i love it! spent a lot of time laughing.
thanks for letting me photograph you! and for being american for the day. excited for you guys to get married! 
sutton park — sutton coldfield, england
by Mandie
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