The following is this week’s I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE Honoree by Ashton Greer
Angela is a mother of two children who are 11 and 6 years old who attend Schlarman Academy in Danville. Her partner, Chris, has three children, and they live together and raise their blended family with love. Her goal as parent is to join her children on their growth journey and help lead them towards their best selves. She approaches parenting kind of like an entrepreneur approaches business. She asks, “How can I encourage them to grow and be with them in the thick of it as they engage with the world around?” She loves her career, but she says parenting is the number one priority in her life. “It is an honor to get to raise them.”
In 2015, Angela started exploring photography as a hobby. Before that, she was in the beauty industry, as a massage therapy and aesthetics instructor and as a small business owner offering custom makeup, facials, massage, etc. When her brother passed away in 2002, they scrambled to find photos of him and realized they didn’t capture enough of his legacy. She realized then that photography is documenting a very important life journey. Having children of her own and photographing them made her love and appreciate photography even more. That grew into a passion to help business owners, families and individuals capture their stories and precious moments. Angela says, “Telling a story through visual media is invaluable.”
Angela is best known in the area for her photography business, Rossi Studios. Angela loves being a business owner, and we are so glad she has chosen Danville to capture the beauty of the area and the meaningful experiences that we have in this city. She is not small-minded with her business plans, and the roots she has put down continue to grow. Ultimately, she loves serving small businesses, organizations, schools, and families. She hopes to provide employment for other creatives as her business grows – not just in photography, but in videography, print, and visual media services.
She doesn’t want to leave businesses empty-handed. Angela says, “I don’t want to just give them images and walk away without teaching them how to utilize them. So, I am growing into providing print and digital assets they can use online or in person at the same time.” Digitals are wonderful, but she wants her clients to have something in their hands that they can hold and cherish or marketing assets in their arsenal that they can put to use. Angela says, “I am not serving anyone well if I do not complete the project. I am a photographer, but I see myself as someone who is in the service industry. I am here to serve my clients. My gift is to help and serve others. My tool is my camera.”
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