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9/25/2004 – Robert
Lately, I’ve had some good photography projects… most notable are photographing Dana’s wedding and doing a shoot for City Weekly. Both of these experiences lately have strengthened my conviction of want I want to do with my life. Starting off with the wedding… the wedding itself was pretty beautiful and interesting. It was held in the bride’s friend’s back yard. Really informal; the seating consisted of lawn chairs and the ceremony was conducted by a friend of the bride’s. The entire time of the ceremony / reception afterwards, I was taking pictures. I was hired to do the photojournalist thing, rather than trying to capture mostly formal portraiture. The entire time I was taking pictures, I felt incredibly fulfilled… I am meant to be behind a camera. No, I’m not saying I should be doing wedding photography for a living, but doing it several times a month would be a-ok by me. I’m at my best when I’m doing documentary photography, capturing a scene rather than trying to create it. Maybe this won’t always be the case, but I do enjoy capturing the world around me. My other recent photo project was doing a shoot for City Weekly. The freelance writer I’ve worked with before, Kelly, asked me to do some portraits of a woman who is a regular extra on Everwood. I was asked to capture her doing her artistic thing… in this case, it was calligraphy. I think I did a damned good job, but if you haven’t seen the photos already, it’ll just have to wait about 5 days until the new issue comes out, or you can just bug me and maybe I’ll show you. I feel fulfilled and at home when I’m taking
pictures of something / someone. Sort of like the way I felt at home
when I was visiting France a couple of years ago. I have a feeling it’s
just a matter of time before I can make a decent living with
photography. |