Orange County Chopper
June 21: I took Danny and Christian with me as assistants today on a shoot I had for ESAB as they were presented with new bike on the TV show, Orange County Chopper. It was cool for the kids to see a real photo shoot. They met Paul Sr, and had their pictures made on the bike.
HEADSHOTS! ~from Christian
Portraiture, it's what I've been up to lately. In one of the classes that Alicia taught she told us about jobs and finding jobs doing portraiture, it's funny because in the beginning I was laughing at her I thought to myself, "There's no way it's something people really want or need." But by the end of the night I was convinced and so I started to talk to some people and I got a photo job at a daycare, I was amazed and I felt this insane amount of hope, I'd been looking for a retail job for around a year, but here I had this opportunity to make some money, it was great. I still haven't found a retail job and honestly I've given up on it, Alicia and the family at SALT have convinced me that I can do portraiture also they have lent me some lighting which is great! Portraiture, it's something I don't like very much, my favorite type of photography is architectural photography, but the truth is that I can't take photos of buildings and get paid as easily as a headshot. I like still objects, taking photos of a human is much harder buildings are easier, but when you take a photo of a building it doesn't smile or give you a thank you, photographing a person is much more gratifying. I hope to transcend in portraiture photography and develop an immense amount of love for it and enjoyment.
