Articles tagged ‘photographer’
I am looking for Interns, possibly a Personal Assistant, and web programmers.
See more info in the full blog post below.
BLOG vs WEBSITE
I love this blog and I have a lot of fun showing off my new pictures and sharing tips to a whole lot of photographers.
But when a client calls they’ve never said… oh I loved your blog so much I want to hire you.
They do say that about my webiste
But then they continue to say they spent a long time checking out all the stuff on the blog.
I can tell it’s there on the blog they got to know my personality and what I’m like which helped seal the deal.
They often comment on how they liked my personality… I ask how do they know… usually they percieve it from, not only my writing but coming from the pictures as well.
I meant my present website to be for weddings only… But I also have plans to start making waves in the Family Lifestyle photography world.
It would be really good for me and is right down my alley.
So I need another website.
HOW TO MAKE WEBSITE
well don’t plan on making it yourself.
Takes way to much time and isn’t worth it.
Unless you’re loaded with money don’t hire someone either.
There are faster better options, that can get you up and running with a professional style website with tons of bells and whistles in a matter of 1-3 days.
The hardest thing you’ll do is picking… picking the site style and picking the pictures to go on it.
It’s impossible to have a website programmed for as cheap as the template websites offer.
And among the best of them is bludomain.com
NOT ME
I admire those who create an idea in their mind, lay it out and make it happen.
This being said… That’s not me.
I show up to a shoot, hang out, try to make the subjects happy and in a good mood and figure out what is going to work for them.
I think a major part of this is that 99% of my subjects are not models… they are who they are and they come to me to get pictures of who they are.
Working with the light as it happens
Also it seems to work for me because I usually try brand new spots and random times of the day and have no idea what the lighting is going to be. So If i see the lighting is bad I avoid that shot and if it is awesome I do a shot I might not have tried before.
I might as well stick to what I’m good at… and in most cases that means bringing out the best of who people are. At least that’s the compliment I usually enjoy the most when people say it.
Wouldn’t mind, at all
On the other side, I’d love to have the ability to set things up and create like many other photographers out there… if nothing else just to have that as another weapon in my arsenal.
How I roll
Last year I made a goal of weddings and i hit it and did a few extra.
This year I upped the goal by 15 to 40 weddings.
Happy to announce
I am very happy to announce that I went to the mailbox a minute ago… and saw I had complete confirmation on booking wedding #40
Commence balloon drop and other types of fanfare!!
Might I add the strange part that only 1 wedding is booked for after august 22nd
Yes Utah is a bit crazy with bookings… but I did go to 10 different states to do weddings.
Don’t try this at home! haha
I know many of you are photographers
And if you do try to do that many… have assistants, or at least don’t have a family or another job and expect consistent 12-15hr days.
Plan for future
Well while i’m young single 40!! and up to the task It’s all good.
But I have plans to slow things down and do a more manageble amount of weddings… in part to have a bit more of a life, not get burned out and to be able to work on other projects.
La Caille Photo Shoot
Written on April 20, 2009 Posted in ! Favorite Posts, Bridal Pictures, Formals (Pre-wedding Portraits)
Best Photographer Laptop?
Written on March 31, 2009 Posted in Photography Questions, Tips For PhotographersThe question was posed on how I’m gonna photograph 3 weddings in one day.
Crazy Coincidence
First off it’s all about fate. It’s crazy how it all worked out.
All three inquiries were for SLC LDS Temple.
I don’t charge per hour… I charge for the day and give the couple the full reign of deciding what’s going on that day. Which makes it even more uncommon for me to do 3 weddings in one day.
Speaking of coincidences
I did a photoshoot monday, tuesday and wednesday this week so far… and each has been an engagement shoot.
It just so happens that they were each for the three weddings I’m doing on the same day in May.
I will post pictures soon.
First Wedding
Well the primary wedding that booked me first isn’t getting married at the temple until about noon. So that’s when i need to be there then then have a reception that night in Alpine.
I am looking for a part time employee.
(Update: applications are no longer being taken, the response has been phenomanal)
This is partly a response to another blog post
Via the other blog we learned that one type of person we need
The points were these:
- Find someone that shares your passion
- Find someone nice that is fun to be around
- Find someone that will be a really good friend to you.
But there are other types of people we need in our life.
We need a Rich Legg
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Spare a moment for URL introductions:
He desperately needs more facebook friends… so don’t forget to add him! He’ll cry if you don’t 
He’s a stock photographer so his portfolio of photography can be found there
He’s one of the top stock photographers in the country.
And he loves to teach and give back.
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What kind of person do we need?
- We need someone who believes in us.
- Beyond that, who believes in us so much they’ll tell everyone.
- They’ll boost our ego (… or confidence is a better way of saying it.)
- Someone who sits at the cool kids table and in front of the whole school invites you to come on over… and makes you feel like you’re now one of the cool kids.
- Who makes your job easier because they’ve taken it upon themselves to help you.
Whether it be teaching or being your best advertiser. - All in all we need someone who appreciates us.
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- We need a person that will play around and joke with you but that you know that when the joking is done it’s nothing but a real solid friendship and caring.
- Someone who does something in complete and opposite style… but you can both really appreciate what the other person does.
- Someone you can bounce ideas off of.
And if you know Rich… then you know that even if he jokes around and plays with people… that he really is a great person.
And he does these things and more.
Look how he’s being all tough… like he’ll beat up anyone who messes with his friend!
Stands behind you and believes in you… that’s what we all need!
Continue reading about Everyone needs to get RICH in their life.
Family Portraits Suck… for photographers.
Written on July 26, 2008 Posted in Family Photography, newsI’m not to into taking family portraits…
There’s a lot of stressing out going on in portraits.
Feeding Each other STRESS
Parents get stressed because they want things to go perfectly.
When kids get grumpy or distracted… the parents start to freak.
Which in turn makes the kids freak out more… which in turn…
I’m sure you get the picture.
Not “Good” Money
Besides family pictures aren’t really good money (comparatively)
It’s my opinion that the price structure for family pictures was based on buying prints.
This mindset of wanting mainly prints is largely disappearing for most families.
Prints aren’t as “big” as photographers would like
Heck I personally would rather have the disc than a print on my wall… specially since I move more often and I use blogs, websites and facebook mostly and I can print stuff up myself just fine.
So people don’t want as many prints but the sitting fee for portraits has largely stayed the same.
Then there’s the people who think that because a CD costs $1 (which it doesn’t more like .15 cents) that charging them $100 for a CD is next to highway robbery.
Personally I don’t like being in charge of printing… I want to be paid for what I do (photograph) I don’t want to push products (like prints, albums etc)
I understand that the market and the abundance of new photographers will push prices down for photographers as some raise their prices (like I do all the time)
Not For me
All I’m saying is Traditional Family Picture sessions are not worth it for me.
I put up with boring weddings because they’re a lot of money and they’re very important.
Go to a studio for the traditional Shots
But i think if people are looking for good prices for family pictures they should go to studios, that’s their thing.
The Exception
That being said I have actually had a couple of families that were all right and enjoyable experiences
And in down times I’m sure I’d say yes because the money is nice… I’m just saying I don’t like it much.
But I like a “real” job…. way way less!
Continue reading about Family Portraits Suck… for photographers.
I’ve been editing non-stop this week and getting a lot of jobs done.
But I’ve only been releasing full password protected galleries.
That means I haven’t been posting them.
This is a good thing if I still need to edit your pictures… because I’ll be able to get to them faster.
For everyone else… stay tuned.
I’ll post some stuff on my 4th of july adventures.
Straight from the camera style. Because they’re way down the line in editing.
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