Shes-All-Smiles

Hello Lovelies! While my 40hr/wk job isn't as enlightening as I'd hoped, it still offers me a huge opportunity to hone my skills as a photographer and PLENTY of down time in which to educate myself. So, I've decided to start by going back to the beginning, as Vizzini would no doubt advise me to do. So, I'm going to complete Strobist's Lighting 102 and blog about each lesson and my experience with it. I think it'll be a fun and motivational way to re-learn things that should be old hat by now but are worth revisiting! So, today I'm reading Unit 1.1 Position and will post another journal here when the fun begins! ~H

Another Day In Your Life Have you asked me recently how much I charge people to shoot "personal" work, or "on the side" work? Allow me to explain why that price I quote is higher than you may expect. I work a 40 hour a week job, sometimes more. I love my job and the store that I work for and I want it to be successful. What we offer at work is portraiture. It's clean and straightforward. Our seniors can get a little funky at times, but the out-of-the-box ideas are always customer inspired. If someone comes to me and says can you shoot ______________________________ (fill in the blank with wacky pose/outfit/location), I'll do my best to comp