We had the good fortune of connecting with Tayla Berry and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tayla, what do you attribute your success to?
The most important factor behind the success of my brand is that it creates space(s) where others feel seen. It’s my intention that Cloud Ten uplifts, encourages, serves, and welcomes others in seeing their own authentic light. Images that highlight, empower, and affirm individuality, in the purest form. The success of the “Cloud” is not my alone but that of the community it builds in providing others a space or moments in time where they can have the room to explore different depths of themselves in self-expression. We believe that everyone offers something unique to the world and on Cloud Ten it’s most important that we have honest connections, carrying the confidence that extraordinary things can happen when two or more come together to create something beautiful.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As a creative, I am always excited for whats next. Life continues to surprise me in the most beautiful and unexpected ways. I never thought that picking up a camera 4 years ago would lead to building my own business that would essentially have me in rooms and with people that I never would have been in otherwise. I think I am most proud of the growth that photography has forced me into not only as a self-taught photographer but also as a friend, daughter, sister, partner, professional and creative. It’s amazing that am able to use my gifts to gift other people–And If nothing else I want the world to know that black women deserve a seat at the table; whatever table that is. I hope that my brand will someday inspire others to go after what makes them feel most alive, no matter how crazy it seems.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Cloud Ten was created in honor of my mother who passed in March 2010 to her battle with cancer. It’s hard to say where the success of my brand would without its overall purpose to serve others in the same way I watched my mother do time and time again. For I carry you, always, in everything. Your work on the Earth continues.

Website: cloudtenphotography.com

Instagram: cloudtenphotographyco

Twitter: @oncloudten_

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