Mic check, 1, 2, 1, 2.
A friend of mine contacted me last year for a portrait session for her and her fiance (now husband). Amidst chatting of ideas she had, she found out she was pregnant and so now, the couples session was put on hold for a maternity session w/ the couple/newlywed sesh being postponed post-baby.
So, she asks me if I can shoot underwater and I automatically freak b/c I absolutely would love to, but never have and didn't have any equipment. I tell her, I'll research getting equipment and we'd go from there.
And after almost 3 months, I finally got housing for my Sony Nex5. I even bought an underwater P&S and returned it less than 24 hours later, w/o testing it, solely b/c I figured, if i'm going to do this, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. It's been almost a month of waiting for it to be delivered and to be able to jump in to a pool with it. But all along I tried to study and research so I had an idea of what I was "diving into". My 52-wkr even took a backseat as I learning about this.
Luckily, my friend/client was very open to letting me learn with her. We jumped in yesterday on a test-run and this is one of the shots I got. It was the first, of many, dunks we took. It's not completely what I want but it's most definitely the direction I was looking to go.
I've always felt that *I* have no concrete photographic style. I obviously am a color person, but have jumped from clear crispy shots to very warm faux vintage to lomo to playing around w/ sunrise/sunsets to crisp w/ soft haze to bright & vibrant. I feel I know you guys' work, just by seeing one image. I've never felt that from what I shoot.
But now... I know exactly where I want to go. How I want it to look before I even shoot it. And I love that feeling.
I was all freaking the eff out at the thought of dunking one of my babies, but I was sooooo excited at the same time! And now, I'm glad I went hard instead of "just trying it out" at first like I do with so many things. I had a feeling I'd love this, and I do.
I really hope I can make it grow in to what I see in my mind; because I'm so psyched at doing this. ♥
Mic check, 1, 2, 1, 2.
A friend of mine contacted me last year for a portrait session for her and her fiance (now husband). Amidst chatting of ideas she had, she found out she was pregnant and so now, the couples session was put on hold for a maternity session w/ the couple/newlywed sesh being postponed post-baby.
So, she asks me if I can shoot underwater and I automatically freak b/c I absolutely would love to, but never have and didn't have any equipment. I tell her, I'll research getting equipment and we'd go from there.
And after almost 3 months, I finally got housing for my Sony Nex5. I even bought an underwater P&S and returned it less than 24 hours later, w/o testing it, solely b/c I figured, if i'm going to do this, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. It's been almost a month of waiting for it to be delivered and to be able to jump in to a pool with it. But all along I tried to study and research so I had an idea of what I was "diving into". My 52-wkr even took a backseat as I learning about this.
Luckily, my friend/client was very open to letting me learn with her. We jumped in yesterday on a test-run and this is one of the shots I got. It was the first, of many, dunks we took. It's not completely what I want but it's most definitely the direction I was looking to go.
I've always felt that *I* have no concrete photographic style. I obviously am a color person, but have jumped from clear crispy shots to very warm faux vintage to lomo to playing around w/ sunrise/sunsets to crisp w/ soft haze to bright & vibrant. I feel I know you guys' work, just by seeing one image. I've never felt that from what I shoot.
But now... I know exactly where I want to go. How I want it to look before I even shoot it. And I love that feeling.
I was all freaking the eff out at the thought of dunking one of my babies, but I was sooooo excited at the same time! And now, I'm glad I went hard instead of "just trying it out" at first like I do with so many things. I had a feeling I'd love this, and I do.
I really hope I can make it grow in to what I see in my mind; because I'm so psyched at doing this. ♥