The test of my skills was a little scary. I don't know how other photographers felt about their first shoot, but I sure know how I felt about mine-scared _______(enter word here). I was very lucky, however, for the wonderful lady (who was the first to let me photograph her) is GORGEOUS! Miss Margarita Prado, who worked with me for a year until I moved away and had to quit my job. Anyway, Miss Maggie is a beautiful girl and she needed some very important photos for an interview with a school in which she was applying. When she told me this, I almost told her that I couldn't take her pictures. I didn't want to be the one responsible for her not getting into the college of her dreams- just because the photos weren't AMAZING! But I didn't; I agreed to take her photos because:
1. I need the experience.
2. I could take her pictures for much cheaper than any photographer in Stockton.
So, the next day I brought all of my camera equipment (which, might I remind you, is not very much) to work and had it all ready for when we were off. I was still catching little bits of luck because when it was time to clock out, the golden hour was just starting and we made it to the park just in time for me to capture a good 500 photos. Now let me just break in here and say that if anyone would have told me two years ago that I could be capturing 500+ photos in an hour with a great camera and future career in sight, I would have laughed and went back to daydreaming at work.
But I digress. I was able to get a large amount of photos that I could search through and edit for Maggie and I was feeling very good on the drive home. However, it was after I got home and uploaded those photos when I decided the amount of photos really doesn't matter....it's all about quality. And after going through all of my 500 photos I found about 5 I could really work with. It was an odd sensation to find that after looking through so many photos and having to rotate all the little thumbnails, I only got 5 photos. GO ME!
Well, at least there were five. To think that I could have gotten even that many made me proud of myself. And I know that Photography is going to be the best part of my life!
1. I need the experience.
2. I could take her pictures for much cheaper than any photographer in Stockton.
So, the next day I brought all of my camera equipment (which, might I remind you, is not very much) to work and had it all ready for when we were off. I was still catching little bits of luck because when it was time to clock out, the golden hour was just starting and we made it to the park just in time for me to capture a good 500 photos. Now let me just break in here and say that if anyone would have told me two years ago that I could be capturing 500+ photos in an hour with a great camera and future career in sight, I would have laughed and went back to daydreaming at work.
But I digress. I was able to get a large amount of photos that I could search through and edit for Maggie and I was feeling very good on the drive home. However, it was after I got home and uploaded those photos when I decided the amount of photos really doesn't matter....it's all about quality. And after going through all of my 500 photos I found about 5 I could really work with. It was an odd sensation to find that after looking through so many photos and having to rotate all the little thumbnails, I only got 5 photos. GO ME!
Well, at least there were five. To think that I could have gotten even that many made me proud of myself. And I know that Photography is going to be the best part of my life!
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