Well, its been a little while since my last post, so I thought I'd better bring in just a little filler to let you know what I've been up to. I don't have anything photographic for you at the moment, but that is soon to come - I PROMISE! :) (edited 5/14 to add a few ;)
I had a bit of time off last week and spent the majority of it business planning, information gathering, prop chasing and not nearly enough laying around and/or relaxing. Every time I sat down to relax, stampedes of thoughts began running through my head reminding me of all the things I need to get done... I didn't really even have time to keep up with Facebook, as crazy a concept as that sounds!
A few weeks ago, I went to Stillwater with my friend, Tony and while there spied this perfect, perfect, perfect antique doll bed.. I think the price tag said '$45'.. anyway, I did not pick it up for reasons I can't think of right now.. I kept thinking about it and seeing other photographers using similar props in their newborn photos...I had to have it. So on Wednesday, I drove back to Stillwater, spent some time wandering around the shop again, selecting a few more items such as a hand-knit pair of hi-top baby booties and a little hand-knit baby yellow infant cap. I grabbed the doll bed (happy to find a now lower price of $28!) and headed downstairs, only to figure out that I did not have any money or cards with me!! Ugghh! Luckily, they were able to save them for me and I went back the next day. I'm VERY happy with it, it photographs amazingly and I can't wait to USE IT with a newborn!! Maybe soon, maybe soon you'll see it!
On Friday, I went with my friend, Luke to shoot some stills for a documentary that he is shooting for a class he is taking. I can't really begin to tell you the basis of the documentary itself, but I did meet a few really awesome people and the whole experience really makes you think twice about how your perceive people with handicapps.
On Sunday evening, I had my very first baby bump photoshoot, which was SOOO much fun! I am extremely happy with how the shoot went, how the raw images are looking and what an incredibly beautiful, cooperative and helpful expectant mother I had to work with!! I can't express enough how thankful I am to Kari for making it so easy for me. Honestly. She was amazing! I only hope that the experience was as positive for her. I'm hoping to have some sneakpeeks available by tomorrow evening. Its taking me a little bit, getting use to the new photo editing software I have. I can tell its going to help the final images in amazing ways, but it does have a significant learning curve. With each photo session that I have, I learn more about what to do, what not to do, what I'm capable of doing and learning, what I'm forgetting and what I'm not noticing in the moment, lol. Planning, scheduling, and on and on and on. I love this practice, I really do. I'm enjoying myself so much!
Today, I presented to Cherie the two 8x10 test prints she selected. She loves them, which I knew she would, but I'm not thrilled in how they came in relation to how they look on my monitor at home. They seem a little dark with a grayish tint. They're not horrible, just a little off. I've ordered a monitor calibrator, which should arrive tomorrow, so I will try a few more test prints as soon as I'm finished with a few of Kari's proofs. Hopefully, that will help ensure that what I see on my monitor is what I get back from the printer.
Coming up this weekend, I have another maternity session with my beautiful niece-in-law Mrs. I who is expecting my much-already-loved new great-niece, tiny Ms.Mac. Oh, how her life will be well documented, I suspect! :) After that (at least at the moment) I'll have a little break to finish and then present these sets of maternity proofs. Currently, I have open the dates of 12/13/19/20/27 June for practice/free sessions, if you or anyone you know are interested in my photographic services...I'm open to newborns, baby, toddler, children, couples/engagement or even high school seniors.
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