Posted by Codejoy
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:59:00 GMT
So I have all this photography equipment in my house collecting dust:
Pro studio flash Alien Bees ABR800
Epson Picture mate delux personal photolab
Canon Digital Rebel
Mac with canon digital capture.
Business cards
So I got this crazy halloween Idea, I am going to open up my garage with studio fully digital and set up ready to go and invite kids with parents in to get their picture taken and a free 4x6 with an order form for more larger printed pictures.
Will this work? Is it a big waste of my time? A huge bit of headache? I don't know, all remains to be seen, as it would be literally trial-by-fire studio shooting.
Posted in Photography, Deep Thoughts | Tags garage, halloween, home, photography, photoshoot, studio | 3 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:43:00 GMT
I am not a photoshop junky, I have a business called "Thomas Custom Digital" and yet, I rarely photoshop any of my photos. I might be finally getting some wedding gigs here and in the interest of presenting the best final image I can possibly present, my photography sans the photoshop might change. I like keeping my photography a pure form sort of thing, I often even get annoyed at images that others take that I like that I end up finding out they are heavily photoshopped. Its like nothing is real anymore, makes it feel cheapened slightly. But then if one can make a truely awesome picture with some photoshop magic, then why not? This post was inspired by the strobist speaking of an up and coming photographer named "Joey Lawrence" (no not of the "woah" type). Apparently his work is very cutting edge and most his images are photoshopped. The link here shows off some of the guys work and even there is an YouTube video there.
So I guess I have to decide for myself, to photoshop or not to photoshop ? That is the question
Posted in Me, Photography, Deep Thoughts | Tags image, joey, lawrence, photography, photos, photoshop, strobist | 4 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:01:00 GMT
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Entry: Color Portrait:
Result: Honorable Mention
My take: I like this portrait a lot, in retrospect I shouldn't of cropped it to do an 8x10 print. I had this distinct feeling the smaller prints at the fair didn't uh "fair" so well.
Entry: Black and White portrait.
Result: Nothing
My Take: One of my all time favorite portraits I took, that looked great in black and white, and nothing go figure.
Entry: Color Landscape.
Result: Sixth Place Premium (whatever that is)
My Take: This image has one some other accolades and technically is a perfect picture I would say, it was printed on 8x12 full frame print and matted. I am shocked it didn't do better, but since it did well in other areas in other "competitions" i'm not to upset
Entry: Black and White landscape
Result: Fifth Place (my highest rating)
My Take: I am shocked, this was my last minute, "why the hell not" shot to submit, its technically "bad" as it should of used a graduated filter to make the sky match the ground in exposure better. I am shocked.
So there you have it, how I scored at the souther New Mexico state fair. It was all on a whim, so I am pretty happy with the results. Though I have to say, 12$ to get into the fair (more expensive than the main state fair in abq) is just insane.
Posted in Me, Photography | Tags fair, me, photography, photos, results | no comments
Posted by Codejoy
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:21:00 GMT
I found this through my feed today:
Is a Pro Photographer Wannabe Cutting Into Your Business?
It speaks of Uncle-Joe Digitals cutting into the profitability of pro wedding photographers. I have studied this area a lot and one of the first things I learned is not to underbid what the rest of the community (other pro photographers) are charging for a wedding. Common mindset for anew photographer might be "well my portfolio isn't as fleshed out as others so I should charge less to just get jobs." This really pisses off other pro photographers cause under bidding takes jobs awy from them and in the end drives the market down cause its what prices people begin to expect. This is true I would say everywhere but where I live. I live in a city of modest size where high paying jobs seem to be very rare, therefore I suspect the majority of the populace here wouldn't have the $5,000 to spend on a wedding photographer (which is what I gather other pro wedding photographers are charging in areas with clients more likely and able to pay such a fee). But I digress, the entire article speaks briefly of underbidding and mostly just makes a point that anyone with a digital camera thinks they are a pro, or near pro. I have a digital camera? Am I pro? Or am I wannabe? Its almost like a foot-in-the-door catch 22, if getting your first paid gig that you turn out great work for makes you a pro, then at some point all pros were wannabes until they got that first gig.
Posted in Ruminations, Photography | Tags photography, ruminations, thoughts, wedding | no comments
