...I have come to the conclusion that the last thing I want to do after work is blog about my day.
However, the good news is, I have learned tons and am looking forward to sharing...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Some More
Couple more shots from the studio. The box that controls the lighting and--check out the size of that camera!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Although I Like Blogger....
...it always seems to give me a hard time when I try to upload my images. Not much else to report right now. I am putting together my mini portfolio of what I have learned and experimented with.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tomorrow...
...I have plans early in the morning (before the studio opens) to bring a friend in to pose for me so I can start compiling photos for my mini portfolio on lighting. Yesterday I had a different friend posing for me outside as I want to do a little section on using natural lighting. Let's hope my creative brain can wake up as early as I am forcing my body to.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Buyer Beware
Another long day at work. Another day that I can't seem to get the images I scanned of the sketches I made of the studio put up into my blog. I figured out that the problem is in the file...now I just need to learn how to fix it.
Work was--well, it was work. The transmitter/receiver thingy is still broken so we are still using the cord attached directly to the camera. Unfortunately, it doesn't make a sound if the camera doesn't flash (and the lights are bright enough that sometimes you don't even notice the flash anyways), so it sucks to find out after the pictures are loaded that the one you thought that was really cute is too dark cause the flash didn't go off and the thingy didn't beep to tell you to retake the picture.
Sometimes however, I get caught up in the artistic flow of things and forget that despite the photography, they have a business to run and many a time it comes down to the all-mighty dollar. I call it a good day if the screaming baby finally smiled and I got a great shot. They call it a good day when the sales average is up up up.
Work was--well, it was work. The transmitter/receiver thingy is still broken so we are still using the cord attached directly to the camera. Unfortunately, it doesn't make a sound if the camera doesn't flash (and the lights are bright enough that sometimes you don't even notice the flash anyways), so it sucks to find out after the pictures are loaded that the one you thought that was really cute is too dark cause the flash didn't go off and the thingy didn't beep to tell you to retake the picture.
Sometimes however, I get caught up in the artistic flow of things and forget that despite the photography, they have a business to run and many a time it comes down to the all-mighty dollar. I call it a good day if the screaming baby finally smiled and I got a great shot. They call it a good day when the sales average is up up up.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Can't Load Images
So for the last 2 nights I have been trying to upload some scanned images of the sketches I drew at the studio...alas. Blogger hates me. I will try again tomorrow...
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Work Work Work
So this past weekend I spent everyday at the studio. Friday I kicked off the craziness by spending a couple of hours sketching the camera room and making my way through the computer training program that had a ton of useful material about how everything works. Soon, I will scan in my sketch so I can get it posted up here.
Saturday and Sunday were straight work days. They were hectic. Sometimes that baby just won't smile or a difficult customer doesn't like the poses you put them in. (I'm sorry your face look squished, would you prefer the photo where your eyes are closed?)
Thankfully I made it out in one piece with a ton of newly gained knowledge under my belt. I'm going to start compiling my "data" into a lighting portfolio of sorts. I even got the ok from my boss to bring in family and friends to practice on or use for the section in my report on studio specific lighting. (I hope to explore other forms this semester as well, such as nighttime and outdoor.)
Saturday and Sunday were straight work days. They were hectic. Sometimes that baby just won't smile or a difficult customer doesn't like the poses you put them in. (I'm sorry your face look squished, would you prefer the photo where your eyes are closed?)
Thankfully I made it out in one piece with a ton of newly gained knowledge under my belt. I'm going to start compiling my "data" into a lighting portfolio of sorts. I even got the ok from my boss to bring in family and friends to practice on or use for the section in my report on studio specific lighting. (I hope to explore other forms this semester as well, such as nighttime and outdoor.)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
"Get There A Few Minutes Early In Case We Have A 10:00"
...that's what my boss said to me Tuesday night...
and that's what I did Wednesday morning.
Except for the fact that getting up early does not mesh with my night owl bones, I like opening the studio. It's just me and the incredible camera I work with. Nikon. But I won't hold that against it just because I'm a Canon girl.
The first thing I do is go straight to my enormous capture device and free it from it's dust-free purgatory. Then plug in the battery pack, twist on the transceiver and wait for the beep that lets me know all systems are go. Today...no beep.
Turn off the transceivers, switch 'em back on. Nothing. Take everything apart, put it all back together. Silence. I start to panic. The transceivers are what send the flash signal to and from my lights so I can work. Try new batteries in the transceiver. Still...no high-pitched shrill to let me know we are functioning and ready. I'm spread out on the floor trying to figure this thing out, all the lights and numbers on this board thing (I still have to investigate as to what exactly it all means), not being able to run my QC (daily camera quality check through the computer to make sure there is no dust and the gray-balance passes), and my first sit will be here before I know it.
Luckily, my boss comes in. "Help," I sigh, exasperated. "Oh, I forgot to tell you," she says. It's not working right now so we have to plug it in. (Whatever that means.)
I spend the rest of my shift trying to maneuver around background drapes and kid's props with a cord coming out of my camera that keeps tripping me up.
Oh, and by the way, my QC passed with flying numbers. At least I know I am pro at taking an extreme close-up of a gray board. More on how that functions later...
and that's what I did Wednesday morning.
Except for the fact that getting up early does not mesh with my night owl bones, I like opening the studio. It's just me and the incredible camera I work with. Nikon. But I won't hold that against it just because I'm a Canon girl.
The first thing I do is go straight to my enormous capture device and free it from it's dust-free purgatory. Then plug in the battery pack, twist on the transceiver and wait for the beep that lets me know all systems are go. Today...no beep.
Turn off the transceivers, switch 'em back on. Nothing. Take everything apart, put it all back together. Silence. I start to panic. The transceivers are what send the flash signal to and from my lights so I can work. Try new batteries in the transceiver. Still...no high-pitched shrill to let me know we are functioning and ready. I'm spread out on the floor trying to figure this thing out, all the lights and numbers on this board thing (I still have to investigate as to what exactly it all means), not being able to run my QC (daily camera quality check through the computer to make sure there is no dust and the gray-balance passes), and my first sit will be here before I know it.
Luckily, my boss comes in. "Help," I sigh, exasperated. "Oh, I forgot to tell you," she says. It's not working right now so we have to plug it in. (Whatever that means.)
I spend the rest of my shift trying to maneuver around background drapes and kid's props with a cord coming out of my camera that keeps tripping me up.
Oh, and by the way, my QC passed with flying numbers. At least I know I am pro at taking an extreme close-up of a gray board. More on how that functions later...
Monday, February 25, 2008
Alas...
...home sick this week. This ENTIRE week. Not fun...would have rather been at work. (Imagine that.) Nothing to report on right now, but I am feeling better and am scheduled to work on Wednesday.
I did get a chance to go to Barnes and Noble and grab a book on lighting so at least I am still learning from my death-bed.
I did get a chance to go to Barnes and Noble and grab a book on lighting so at least I am still learning from my death-bed.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
What The Heck Does That Mean?
Once upon a time, during my first stint as a "professional photographer", I was taking pictures of tourists feeding the birds at Lorikeet Landing of the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Never being the one to do things normally, to get people's attention, I would yell out "Cheese!" before snapping my shot. A little boy caught my attention once when he yelled back, "Cheese and applesauce!", a big grin on his face.
In the very near future, this blog will start growing with information. My second job that allows me to call myself a "professional photographer" (a title I happen to love), is currently at a portrait studio. All the technical, creative, and anecdotal things that I'm learning will be shared with whoever might happen to as geeky as me and read this.
Stay tuned...
In the very near future, this blog will start growing with information. My second job that allows me to call myself a "professional photographer" (a title I happen to love), is currently at a portrait studio. All the technical, creative, and anecdotal things that I'm learning will be shared with whoever might happen to as geeky as me and read this.
Stay tuned...
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