Well, I first woke at 4, and now again shortly after 5. I
have a photoshoot today with a family that has 4 little girls. I am so excited
to get to practice some portrait work, yet so afraid I won’t be able to get a
shot that meets their expectations/hopes. I still feel so, very limited and at
the base of the learning curve with this thing!
Yesterday, I was able to photograph my friend’s
children. There were a few shots that I
am really excited about and I can’t wait to see them on the computer rather
than my LCD screen! I would like to be better at seeing potential problems as I’m
shooting (like shadows, for instance.) I wish I was better by having a “bag of
tricks” up my sleeve to pull people into the moment and get them to relax. I am
not good at that in normal conversation!! How in the world am I going to be
able to get them to do that with a camera blocking my face and rushed time
constraints?!! And, there is still the whole lighting thing that is huge and I
need to grow in. I need to learn how to measure light correctly and how to use
a reflector. I need a reflector! J
As a final note, for today’s text-only-entry… I went to
Barnes and Noble last night with the goal of finding some “family photography”
books to read. I didn’t find much in
that area but I sure enjoyed sitting on the floor at the bookstore and looking
at some books of just portraits by professionals. I continue to be surprised on
occasion at how some photographs affect me. It
can be powerful. My favorite from last night was a close up of a little
girl (8yrs?) in India. It was zoomed in to her somber face that was resting on
her father? Or grandfather’s forearm and hand. The hand was battered, weathered
and scarred by age and possibly a hard life with a few new cuts. On the other
side of her head was a baby’s foot, leg hanging down- obviously the man in the
picture was holding a baby as well. Nobody’s face shows besides the little
girl. I love how there is a story being told in that simple shot.
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