I'm attempting a quick blog post from my iPod touch that my hubby gave me as a present....just because. Yeah I know I'm a pretty lucky girl. So I was going to upload a photo but apparently I haven't quite figured out how to do that yet?
Okay I'm tired & rambling....good night sweet friends :)
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January 31, 2011
January 30, 2011
The Joy of Love Project
As part of pushing myself to become better, open my mind creatively, and learn more.
The month of February I'll be participating in The Joy of Love project.
The basic idea is that I'll be receiving daily emails with photo assignments, I'll try to share as much as I can through the month long process :)
Click HERE to learn more or partipate yourself.
Happy Sunday!
I'm currently in the middle of preparing camera gear for an afternoon creative session I schedule with a friend. Can't wait! :)
January 28, 2011
Creativity
A resolution I made for myself in 2011 was to push myself.
Push myself creatively.
Take a photo that I wouldn't normally take.
Shoot from a different angle.
Try a new technique in editing.
So in the coming weeks I'm hoping to display a few attempts.
Please give any and all feedback. The good, the bad and the ugly.
That's the point, to grow :) Push the limits
January 27, 2011
Blogging Confessions
I have loved blogging for quite a while now. If interested you can check out my old blog here.
But in recent months I’ve really struggled with blogging.
I’m pretty much an open book, obviously not blabbering on or crossing over the line of “too much information” but for the most part I share who I am, what I’m going through, and whatever might be bugging me that day.
However, since embarking on this photography journey I’ve read so many “rules” of blogging. What I should blog about, how I should format my blog, how often I should blog about certain topics, what topics are “do not touch” and the list goes on.
To the point that some days I don’t even know what to blog about anymore because I feel like everything is taboo or is going to hinder how successful I will be in life.
I know, it’s just a blog and for people who don’t appreciate blogs this is just nonsense to you. But for people like me who is a blog junkie, it’s weighed on my mind and actually caused me stress.
So...this whole rant brings me to this. It’s a confession of sorts, I feel like I haven’t been completely honest. With you, with this blog. Out of fear, out of fear of failing, I haven’t really talked about returning to my full time day job. Cue dramatic music here!!!.......and again, I know this isn’t a big deal to most of you. But to me, outright admitting this on my blog and not beating around the bush like I’ve done since October, is a huge deal.
For some reason I have myself completely convinced that admitting I work full time, openly on my blog, will result in being taken less seriously as a professional photographer. That if a potential client reads this that they’ll decide I’m not good enough and find someone else. I mean, otherwise, “if she was really professional she’d be doing photography full time and nothing else”
And you know what I kind of agree with the mentality. If I were on the other side, the potential client looking in, I could possibly think that exact conversation in my head. But I know in my heart that regardless of what you may think of me, I always give 100%, I can only run my own race, I can only succeed at the pace that the universe has agreed upon right now, and that working a full time job does not take away from the professionalism that I bring forth, the effort I put into running a full time business along with working full time and being a wife & mom.
Do I feel there are days that I’m losing? Absolutely! But it also doesn’t mean that I quit, cut corners, or give less than my all.
Phew....okay now that that’s off my shoulders. Here is my sincerest apology for not being me, the whole me, the quirky me as of late...because of fear of someone else’s opinion. An opinion that quite truthfully doesn’t matter and will not be the deciding factor of how I live my life and how I will succeed in life. I’m sorry.
So here we go, we’re turning the page, moving forward with the less than perfect blog, for the less than perfect girl who just wants to write and share :) Happy Thursday
January 25, 2011
January 24, 2011
Project 365 - FAIL
So as part of my 101 in 1001 I was totally doing Project 365. Catch up on that idea HERE
Well that idea has officially failed :(
Yeah who knew that taking a photo a day would be so hard.
But it's not a complete fail. I've decided to scale it down to Project 52, I "think" I should be able to keep up that pace.
Seriously....sometimes my creative mind just cramps. So I take photos of my ugly feet instead.
At least I've put polish on my nails since this photo
Happy Monday
January 23, 2011
Getting Started - Blogging
As a photographer starting out, some feel it's necessary to start a blog.
Should you blog or should you not?
Blogging is a matter of personal preference.
Some photographers would swear that blogging for their clients was the reason they became successful. On the other hand there are some very successful photographers out there who not only do not use blogs but probably don't even know what they are.
Truth is you need to do what's right for you and your brand.
I personally love blogging. I blogged long before I realized my dream of being a photographer.
This my old blog HERE
A blog can be useful for any number of personal or business reasons.
I even created a blog for my Mom's craft store Pic a Tenerife that actually serves as her website rather than a blog. I used a template from Simply Fabulous Blogger Templates
Now if you do decide to create a blog....here's a few of the resources that I know of.
This is who I use, mainly because I didn't know about any other free blogs servers when I first started, so I just stuck with what I knew.
In the beginning the templates were very limited wihtout much creativity.
Now you can create a very personalized blog without knowing too much html coding.
Another trick is to simply 'google it' whatever you're looking for.
If you google blogger templates you'll find pages and pages of free templates, coding tricks, tutorials and the list goes on.
Another free blogging site.
Now most photographers use 'photographer templates"
My personal favourites come from a site called Tofurious
There are free templates that you can download & use, though they are called "wordpress" templates you do need to have a web host.
One 'cheaper' web host is Blue Cow Hosting
Check out their website HERE
Again I'm no blogging pro, but it's a bit of knowledge that I can share in hopes to help you start your own blog.
Whether you are a photographer or any other type of business owner.
Any questions please feel free to leave a comment and I'll respond as sometimes I ramble and don't explain myself very well.
Happy Blogging
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