Image from Sassy Magazine by Michael Lavine
I received an abundance of GREAT questions. To answer all of them is going to have to be spread over a few posts. But Thank You All for the great ideas. Can I just say it here: you guys really inspire me! And yes, this will keep me inspired and busy over the next few weeks! I will answer each and every question here.
Short but sweet post here! Thank you to everyone who left a comment for the Viewbook website contest. It was really hard, but I finally chose 3 photographers to win the 3, 6 and 12 months free Pro Accounts from Viewbook.
Pretty much the only complaint I get about my blog is that I don’t blog enough. I don’t write often enough, and I know that I don’t. The main excuse I have is that I don’t really have the time. I’m either prepping a shoot or editing a shoot or keeping on top of the post work on a shoot or looking for more shoots. Plus, I do have a life outside of photography, strange as that may seem. But another big excuse that I have, that I’ve never really talked about, is that there is a confidentiality that I must adhere to in my business. I’ve shot 20 pages in the last month for the Fall Fashion issues of this magazine and that magazine. But I can’t show the pictures, I can’t release them to anyone but the stylist for the clothing credits and of course, the magazine I did the shoot for. I can’t even talk about what the concept was, who the models were, how we shot it, where we shot it. All the details that would make for a juicy post, I cannot write about. So all the work that I do, that would be great to share with you, I can’t share until the magazine or ad is published. Which is why, in the meantime, I blog about the business or staying sane in the fashion industry.
This isn’t gong to be Earth shattering news: You need a website if you want to be taken seriously as a fashion photographer. You need a website along with a portfolio if you’re going to promote yourself as a fashion photographer. I am lucky enough to have a husband who knows how to design and build flash websites. However, lately I have been wanting to have the freedom and nowadays, the luxury of being able to manage my own site. I am tired of having to ask someone else (even my husband!) to upload new content when I want to update my site. Well, I have some good news…..there are now websites that offer photographers just that: the freedom and luxury of managing their own websites. The day has arrived where we don’t have to take the BS anymore from these overpriced, and sometimes difficult website designers. I swear to God, at this exact moment, 150 photographers around the globe are complaining about their website designer. But I won’t go on about that right now. We all know the complaints. I’m just happy that finally we can take the power out of their hands and update our sites whenever and however we please. If the mood strikes you at 4 AM to upload those new beauty pics to your site, by all means, you now have the power and ability to do it.
I’m going to go ahead and admit it: I was very sad about Michael Jackson’s early departure from this realm. No, I didn’t own any of his albums nor did I go to any of his concerts. I lean more towards rock n’ roll, baby. But I grew up with Michael, in a sense. We are roughly the same age and I grew up listening to the Jackson 5. And I witnessed the Motown 25 year Anniversary special on TV the night Michael did his legendary moonwalk and the music industry changed, over night! I remember that night clearly, in 1983. Michael took the world by storm! He became a legend!
