Willa

"If you would've told me that I would grow up and become an artist, I, I probably would've laughed you out the room."

"I kind of describe it like dancing between the raindrops. There's never a lack of something to do. There's always something to do."

"So, the fun part about my job is that every day can look different."

"For me, especially as a trans woman, that's really important because I've been in work environments where I have had to compromise parts of myself."

"I think the thing that I love most about my job is truly the flexibility and freedom I have with my time."

"Is it okay to present myself publicly and not be perfect all the time? Those things I have to do. And that's the toughest part."

"I've done everything from nudes to newborns"

"Photographers that do well are people that are pretty personable. I think people that are warm and friendly and quick to foster relationships do pretty well."

"people are the way they are for reasons beyond our control and understanding. That helps me be patient in situations where otherwise I might not be."

"reach out to people that are doing the things that you wanna do. Ask them how they do it and ask how you can work for them and be helpful to them."

"if I know I need to do something...if I put it off, if I wait, it's gonna, A, cost me money, or B, the end result isn't gonna look as nice as it could"

"Really putting myself out there and taking every opportunity that I could find to learn I think was super helpful."

"Sometimes people will pretend that they're safe people to be around and then they will say something that is deeply inappropriate."