12/22/2024
Over the past year I've done a lot of thinking about the future of High Peaks Events. This venture started in 2018 when I sat down with my mentor to figure out what I could do to generate income during my slow season: Summer. Using my Bachelors in Mass Communication was (and still is) important to me.
I was encouraged to enter into the world of weddings, but there was a problem: I didn't own any of my own equipment and I didn't feel confident enough as an editor. That's when I asked my mentor if they'd be interested in working with me and they said "of course!"
So, for a few years we worked together as a solid team to produce high quality content for local and visiting couples; thriving off the positive feedback in our ability to preserve visual and audible memories.
A few years ago, my gut started screaming at me...it was time to reach outside my comfort zone. After a positive and encouraging conversation, the reins were fully handed over to me to take over the process from start to finish. For this I will forever be grateful.
Since then, I've met with wonderful couples both in person and virtually to see if my abilities would be the perfect fit for their wedding day. It's always been important to me that couples get to know me as an individual before trusting me with their most personal moments.
Then, change came knocking at my door again this past spring. I was asked to take photos for a close family friend. Since I've known them for half my life, I agreed. I was thrilled with how the photos turned out and offered to take more for a friend visiting from overseas this summer. When they saw the photos they encouraged me to pursue this more seriously. So, after being read the riot act, I agreed.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that over the past couples years I've been selling myself: Anna Burns, not High Peaks Events.
I'll forever be grateful for what High Peaks Events has brought my way, but it no longer embodies what I bring to the table. With that said, change is coming. In 2025 I'll be retiring the High Peaks Events name and will be transitioning to Anna Burns Media.
Other than the name change, nothing else will be transitioning at this time.
It's all a bit nerve wracking, but I look forward to the growth that I hope this will bring so I can continue doing what I love: Bring happiness to others by preserving memories, both through video and portraits. If you're still reading this, thank you.
Anna
