Photography Workshop

I've just arrived back home from the lovely photography workshop at Briarcliffe College. I left my house at 5:30pm. Disappointed that I left my camera as well as my portfolio at home, I was glad that I was just able to go and listen. When I arrived, I was very pleased with the intimacy of the workshop and slowly throughout that there was a lot of interaction. I took a lot of ideas out of the workshop and received a lot of answers from the speaking photographers. One of the things I have trouble with the most with getting started is pricing. Right now, I'm only 17. I struggle maintaining that business confidence since I feel not many people take working with a 17 year old seriously. I feel as if, if I set $2,000 for the job, charging people who are 5 years older than me who I know personally is unrealistic. Currently, I wouldn't price for "nothing less than $18,000" (although I'd obviously LOVE that). Even $200 is a lot for me at my current stance. I also still deal with the awkwardness of setting a price since most of the people I work with now are mutually related in a personal way. I think I'm fine for now though.
I've concluded that I need more education, basically. I need to learn about business plans and "how to make a real person look good" and I also need more experiences. Many of the speakers talked about how one of the biggest challenged is learning how to problem solve. The only way to LEARN that is to have those problem solving experiences, and actually performing the solution.
I really enjoyed this workshop. I learned from other peoples Q&As and its always amazing to get advice from experienced people who have been in this industry as well as the fact that it was a panel of various photographers who shoot different things. Even the advertising speaker was really beneficial to listen to.
Overall, I think it was a wonderful night. I learned a lot, my boyfriend won me $100 and even he said he really enjoyed the workshop as well. Even though he's not interested in photography, he said he got a lot out of the advice on the business/marketing aspect. THE END!

uhhhhhhhhh..random shot

Time Management

Time management seems to be a serious issue with me. I take on so many tasks at once and then get jumbbled up because everything is piled on top of one another. Lately I've been trying to accomplish tasks as soon as I recieve them but it just ends up being done at the last minute. Thats something I NEED to adjust. Its a life adjustment that needs to be done.

Elle magazine inspired ad photos

 

Not my best but I had to get this assignment done. I originally planned to shoot an editorial type photo but the weather on my free days was not cutting it for me. Anywho..

One day I hope I will maybe understand how professional retouchers can have so much patience to touch up every little hair on a persons face. For now I just used iPhoto retouch since I don't have photoshop. 

For the most part these are sooc with a little color face or contrast boost. I used this ad for makeup inspiration:  

I set my white balance to tungsten because I used a tiny lil' lamp that was almost like a flashlight. The colors in the photos I took were a tad washed out; I used yellow and purple for my eyes but still kept the pink lip. Obviously, with editing the colors the vibrance was lost. (click on the photo to see better)

I think the second photo is my favorite as an ad. 

The 3rd is another favorite but a little less practical since if it was in a magazine itd have the crease right through the subject. 

I also like the 2nd to last photo just because of the shadow on my face. 

Fact of the day: I really want to invest in better lighting sources!

oldie but goodie

Here are a few shots from last year when I made my friend Caitlin into a Leopard!

Had to post

How crazy is that!?

Entering Fall