Exciting Module

This Wedding Module has been fun! Did two engagement shoots which turned out great! We took one both couples down to K St along the waterfront in Georgetown. Our mockup wedding is on September 19th! Can't wait for that.

But lately, I've been feeling excited, scared and discouraged about the whole photography thing. I knew when I got into this that its an expensive hobby/career. I want to be able to shoot weddings but unfortunately, I don't have two good cameras or a very good set of lenses. With money being tight, I don't see myself doing weddings for a while. I may ask around or even my current teacher to see if I can be a 3rd shooter. That way I can get the feel for things and still not have to worry about having extra equipment.

I guess time will tell. At least for now I can do portraits and location shoots when I have time. Next module is about the business side of weddings. Well business in general because that can apply to anything else.

Missing?

So I've been MIA for a while. I've gone through the Web Marketing class and the Photo Illustration Class. Now I'm taking the Wedding modules. Its pretty much 2 modules of shooting, marketing, etc for weddings.

Our teacher is Moshe Zusman. I'm real excited about these modules! Coming into school I wanted to concentrate on weddings and portraits. I've been through portraits and now I'm finally taking weddings.

Our first shoot is on Wednesday and it will be an engagement session. I'll be back soon! Hopefully I don't go MIA again. I've been just too busy with work, life and school.

Time went by fast!

So we finished class with Sonny. I learned a whole lot about stock photography and I really like the way its supposed to look. There's a certain look to it that doesn't make it look setup.

We shot a set of twins and we did about 4 different shots and them came out well. You don't always need a whole studio setup to make a picture look good.

Now I'm in Website Marketing. I took a mini vacation and missed the first day of class. But I picked up on what I missed last night. So far I've emailed 3 photographers regarding their marketing techniques/plans. Hopefully, I'll get a response back from at least 2 of them.

This module we will create/update our websites and create a database of 50 potential clients. We shall see how it goes.

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

We start stock photography with Sonny on Monday. Both nights were high paced. He's full of energy which keeps us on our toes!

We were in the studio on Wednesday night and I shot my tools. I used the 100mm MACRO lens that the school has. I fell in love with it! Sonny had us setup two different table tops. One in the studio using a Profoto pack and another outside in the school lobby using Kino lights. I definately got my shots. I just need to pick the best 10 out of the bunch I have.

Next class is Monday so lets see how that goes!

Wacom Intuos 4

So yesterday I finally got an email back from a client who listed his choice of pictures. Since I'm not going to school until June 1st, I didn't have the Wacom tablet at my disposal. So, I jumped the gun and bought the new Intuos 4. My director said this was a real good tablet so I looked into it. I just couldn't justify the $350.00 for a medium tablet.

I started my post processing this morning and I got irritated with the mouse. I just couldn't do it. Now that I have the tablet, I finished a few pictures in no time.

THANK YOU WACOM! THANK YOU FOR BREAKING MY POCKETS AND FOR CREATING SUCH A USEFUL TOOL! lol.

Its Offical..

Location Portraits is canceled. This module has been added to the end our program here at CDIA. We start our new module on June 1st.

CS4

Went to a training class last night for CS4. The school plans to wipe out CS3 when the new class starts.

I need CS4..lol. I was impressed by some of the things they added to the program. Did I mention I need CS4? lol. I can't wait to play around with it on the computers once its installed next week.