Amanda is #11 in our 50/50 Project! 

Our FIRST 50/50 Client for 2021!!! Thanks to COVID, things slowed way down after launching our project, but we have continued to have bookings and I am just delighted for each and every woman that comes into the studio to celebrate herself at any age!!! 

Amanda was feeling a little unsettled about this upcoming birthday that would mark a HALF CENTURY!!! Turning 50 is nothing like all the milestones before it!! Can you remember being young and wishing those birthdays to hurry up and let you reach 18 then 21? BUT, then comes 30 and we say NOOOOOOOO, slow it down! 

Its something magical about this age of 50 and over. We have come to know ourselves, we don't let little things get us all upset anymore. We know who we are, what's important and what we want out of life! 

A little about Amanda

Amanda Hood is originally from Wilmington, NC where she worked as a nurse. Her last job was working in a Clinical Research Organization. She met her husband Daniel in the airport when both their connecting fights back to Wilmington were delayed. They have now been married for 7 years and his job moved them to Greensboro, NC where they are currently living. When she had her daughter Brianna she and her husband decided she'd take the time off and raise their daughter. Brianna will be 5 years old on April 1st and I just love that Amanda said she wanted these photographs for her daughter to have  and look back on one day. I know how wonderful these portraits will be to Brianna  when she is older and a mother herself.  

Questions:

Me: What advise would you give your 20 year old self if you could? 

Amanda: Be kind to yourself, life doesn't have to be perfect! Live your life to the fullest. If you make mistakes, just learn from them and move on! 

Me: Whats the best part of being 50? 

Amanda: I feel I see life so differently now, less drama, and I am so much more relaxed. I am much more patient and what others think just doesn't bother me anymore.