I've shared a number of my photoshoots on the blog, and I appreciate everyone's support! My friends and family have always been supportive while I've ventured out into the world of photography. No, I never plan on making a living at it, but I never want to stop learning new things about it.
In addition, I am fully aware I am not a professional. I love taking photos, I get super excited to upload them when I'm finished.
I like the idea of making photography affordable, so good photos can be taken at special occasions. Yes, you usually hire a photographer for your wedding, but why not take family photos just for the fun of it, have someone at family gatherings, or make sure you take photos as your children grow up. Weddings are sort of like Halloween...you're all dressed up for one day. You never look like that on a normal day...so why not have photos of all the other days in between!
I do think photography will always be a hobby of mine. I enjoy taking photos of graduations, or wedding preparations that often don't have someone there to take a little better than average photos.
So that is my philosophy on photography.
I'll never have the time, expertise, or equipment to really go into it more than I do now. But I love doing what I am doing, and I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to pass myself off as an experienced professional when I post pictures from shoots!
So thank you for all of your support and kind words :) You all always do such a wonderful job encouraging me!
I'll never have the time, expertise, or equipment to really go into it more than I do now. But I love doing what I am doing, and I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to pass myself off as an experienced professional when I post pictures from shoots!
So thank you for all of your support and kind words :) You all always do such a wonderful job encouraging me!
2 comments:
"Professional" or not, I'd pay you to photograph my wedding!
That's why I DO family and lifestyle portraits Kitty! To photograph families, newborns, children, couples, whenever and wherever. For a special occasion or not. That's just what regular portraiture is all about. That's a market all on it's own!
I'm actually doing mini-sessions while I travel for weddings all summer, so I have sessions and specials running in Southern California, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Montana, and two in Utah! I feel like I have to pressure people to take pictures of themselves... It's important! So I do these mini sessions, more than half off my regular rate for portraiture, and we spend time one on one with the family or couple or child. Love it!
This was from Sunday of this week. This couple hadn't been photographed since they got married. (Another photographer shot their wedding): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150952455798119&set=a.10150952675408119.433071.362017713118&type=1&theater
Now they have a baby! And if you click around, you can see a preview from some of the couple's shots I did of them too. I held the baby on my hip while I shot them makin' out at sunset in this field on the side of the road. LOL It's just as important to preserve the relationship that STARTED all of this baby business, as it is to preserve all of baby's milestones! :)
Post a Comment