This blog is to track my progress as a photographer. I'm currently working with a Nikon D40 (considered a "baby" DSLR) and a whole mess of lenses (yay!) but am looking to upgrade my camera sometime in the near (I HOPE) future.
Lately I've been considering trying my hand at taking pictures for money. The kinds of photos I think I'd enjoy taking the most are engagement/couples, boudoir (OH YEAH), and fashion-esque. Whatever that means. I have never been paid for my photos before, nor have I ever had a formal "shoot" where I actually get to direct people. I have no clue whether I'm going to be good at it or not but I'm going to give it a shot and see where it goes :)
What I'm doing now is asking (erm, maybe begging) people to "sit" for me so I can try and create some sort of portfolio in exchange for a disk of high-res, edited jpegs. This effort has been somewhat successful thus far! If I'm lucky, that means that this photography blog will actually have some pictures on it before long. AWESOME.
But where do I want this whole endeavor to go?
Short-termGoal 1 Put together a portfolio
Get some good, quality work out there to let people know that I'm competent.Goal 2 Get ONE paying gig
Short term, right? :)
I find it hard to put my goals out there for all to see...mostly because if I fail, everyone knows I tried and failed. What I'm hoping is that by putting things out there, I'll be held accountable for my failures...and my successes.
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