I love shooting pack film for seniors portraits. Actually, I think I love shooting it for just about anything. The only downside is right now we are limited to 4×5 or smaller. There is talk about the impossible project makeing some 8×10 stock sometime this year. I really hope it happens I have some projects in mind I would love to shoot with it. For now we have this pack film and I hope there are a few clients out there that like the look as well.
It’s funny when you become a photographer how much you pay attention to light. We went to the movies the other day and we walked by a poster of a new movie. Angie says to me ” you are going to go see that just so you can see the lighting huh?”. The answer was yes. Actually going to a movie you know you might not like, just to see how they are lighting it. In some ways our fascination with light has ruined some movie viewing pleasure but it has added some where there used to be none. We have stopped at Sunset just to watch how the light falls on the field. Just when we think we have light all figured out we find another variation of it, different size or shape. Well enough about light it’s time for another picture.
We have shared Faith our jack russell before. She often is the one that we turn our camera’s on. We had her out the other day and I had a thought. We need to get this dog earning. She needs to learn our craft, and help the family out. So we went about strapping a Diana camera to her neck. A Diana camera is a plastic medium format camera. After some coaxing and treats I think the dream is dead. Adding Faith to the company is not going to happen. But lets talk about the positive. We still got some cute images of her that we can share.
1St place , 2nd place, and third place winner in the Wedding Category
This weekend was the Annual Conference and Image Competition. It was a lot of fun to see our friends from Colorado. A lot of photographers shy away from having their prints judged by others and in doing so miss out on valuable feedback that would have helped them grow as a photographer. I see a lot of photographers looking for validation from print competitions as if now that they have earned a first place they know the should be a professional photographer. In my opinion you will never receive this kind of critique and you should not enter looking for this kind of validation, because you will probably never get it. What you will get is a good idea of how your images in a competition setting are stacking up against other professional photographers in Colorado or if its international, internationally. If you are a husband and wife team like angie and I, It may even give you serious bragging rights and the ability to make fun of the other.
Angie Swept the Wedding Print Competition this year with 3 prints Meriting, and she received 1st , 2nd and 3rd place for colorado. More accolades being brought home for the company proving in my mind that Angie is one of the most talented female wedding photographers in the Country. We will be sharing angies award from WPPI as well later this week.
I want to again say thank you to our clients , without you guys we wouldn’t be able to compete. These images are because of your work and partnership.
We also Wanted to Congratulate our friend Suzanne Willie from A Photo Opportunity for taking home 2nd place in Albums for a wedding album she did from Parker Villa
