Tonight I took the lazy way out of making dinner and threw in some frozen yummies in the oven for dinner for me and my hubby. The kitchen smelled… odd. When it came time to take out the dinner and give it a stir, I was startled to find something […]
I have a question for you all. I am a photographer and also I have to sell myself. I am not great at putting a pricetag on myself as my fellow photographers have gently put it (much love to all of you, I needed that). I recently raised my prices […]
I recieved the amazing news today that an image of mine from Miami is going to be published in Everywhere Magazine! It’s a great new travel magazine that allows its readers to submit their images to be published. I submitted a couple when I saw that they were looking for […]
After the awesomeness that was the shoot at the Neon Graveyard, we headed out to Eldorado Canyon where the abondoned Techatticup Mine is located at. Currently the site is run as a tourist attraction. We were there with two model/brides Miki and Michelle. I was unable to shoot Miki but I spent some time with the fabulous Michelle and got some great images as sunset loomed. I want to say a very special thank you to David E Jackson, RLB Photography and Adam Koepke for helping me with the one light at sunset. Another HUGE thank you goes out to Tim & Jaime of Jackson Photography for their help setting up this shoot and for helping me de-cactus myself. Yes, I fell into a cactus and had a whole entire head of the thing stuck in my hand. Which bits are still in actually. I know you guys are really surprised! Ha ha!
WPPI offers classes before the big convention starts called Plus Classes that are essentially workshops with various photographers. This year’s classes were made up of 8 of the top photographers in the field, with 20 students per class, focusing for two days on their personal expertise in photography. I chose Mike Colón because I adore his work, he shoots Nikon (which is what I shoot) and I felt that I could learn a lot from him. I felt that our shooting styles were very much similar when it comes to shooting so I really felt that I could learn a lot from this amazing photographer.
The classes bascially were about the basics of photography and learning how to find and shoot natural light correctly. Each day we had a morning session of learning the craft and the afternoons were spent with models implementing what we learned during the day. The first day we had Jen & Adam as our models and the second day we had Krystal & Adam (same guy, different gals) as our models. I feel that I learned a lot from Mike – especially when it comes to determing light sources! I also learned how to pay attention more to what is in the background that could be potentially distracting when shooting. He also had his assistant/friend/sidekick Ray Santana along with him for the class and I also learned a lot from Ray.
I felt bad for both guys though who were mystified with my manners. When it comes to fighting 20 people for a shot, I’m the first to bow out. I got elbowed in the head a few times and someone hit me with their lens (some of these lenses aren’t light! ow!). Photography isn’t a contact sport in my world so I chose to go for the odd angles and try and get what I can. Both Ray & Mike by the second day were trying to not be great teachers but were also shoving me in for the good shots and looking out for me. They were both fantastic. I can’t say enough things about them. Anyone that gets a chance to take Mike’s workshop absolutely should!!
Below are some shots I got during the two-day class!
I am working on my pricelist for next year and it really bothers me that I need to and have to raise my prices. For this year, I am sacrificing making a profit for the experience shooting weddings. Although I have been taking pictures since I practically took my first […]