"Find a job you love and you will never have to work another day in your life."
That particular quote defines exactly how I feel about my job. Although, I treat my job with respect and I am professional in everything I do...it really doesn't feel like a job to me.
I spend my "free" time doing my "job" because I LOVE it. When I have time to myself to do whatever I want ( and my little guy is not around to play with :) I use it to do more "work". I use my free time to edit, look for props, update my website or take pictures.
Do you have a passion for photography? Do you find yourself taking pictures of things that most people don't notice to capture? Do you find yourself getting a tad bit obsessed with photos of others because, "WOW, that photo is an amazing shot!" or " I wonder how it would look if it was edited with a different tone or filter?". Do you love to edit?
If you said "yes" you are in the right place, because this blog is dedicated to all of you.
I don't consider my photography perfect or at the top by any means, I have more to learn...we all do. I do however consider myself a self-taught professional (with some help:) who has some really amazing tips to share with all of you who are interested in learning more. I have had some amazing things happen over the past couple years, and I think having roots and ties in various places on the east coast has really accelerated my opportunities to grow over this past year. From a small garden wedding as the first one I ever shot to the next wedding being at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York city! I have been so lucky already and can't wait to see where else my job takes me.
I decided to start this blog because I have really enjoyed helping four extremely talented individuals over the past year start and/or grow their own photography business. Now, their talent obviously needed no assistance, their work speaks for themselves :) I have helped them with ideas, what has worked for me and what hasn't. I have watched each one of them become extremely successful in what they are doing--it makes me so happy! I love helping and to know that they are doing what they love makes me even happier. More recently I have had many other aspiring photographers who follow me on Facebook (and are complete strangers) message me for advice on marketing, prop ideas, achieving clientele, branding, price lists, offering Living Social or Groupon deals, photography education, etc. That's when I decided I would do this. Oh and by the way...all of it will be done by VIDEO. That's right! This will be the only post I will make that is typed. I will be video blogging 1-2 times per week right from my office and home studio. I will be sharing it ALL!!! I will cover everything that I mentioned above and here are more topics you can expect to be addressed:
- Editing--starting off with some great FREE editing software(Ribbet, Ipiccy, Picmonkey,etc) and how to achieve some really cool effects with them #startingonabudget
- Photoshop basics
- making your own backdrops and floordrops
- Logo's (inexpensive ones and making your own)
- Selling prints or digital images
- Website (easy building and photo hosting)
- How to do it all and not break the bank!!
- Camera settings & Lenses
...and I would love to hear from you on whatever else you would like me to blog about.
I hope that through this blog we can all achieve a network between all of us, and share ideas with each other.
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