I have many passions, but recently, I've really been into photography. I finally got my own camera, and 2009 has been the start of my photography career. It's awesome! The things I get to do, the people I meet, the credit I get. I love it.
It sounds great, but I still had much to learn. When I started, I knew nothing. I always took pictures using the AUTO feature. I didn't know my settings, I basically only used my creativity. It was good but not good enough. Not "professional" material.
Before starting Project Icarus, I was already trying to learn things on my own. But after starting it, I got a little more serious. I went out, and actually asked my photographer friends. I never did before. I asked them to rate me before I learned. Heres what they had to say:
Father: "If it was out of 10, I'd say you are a 5 out of 10. Not the best, but not junk either"
Anthony(photographer): "You're pretty good for a sophomore, still got lots to learn. By senior year, you'll be famous, popular, professional."
Uncle(photographer): "You're doing great, but still have lots to learn"
I'd say I was doing alright.
So I went out and did my research, I read online articles and tutorials, conducted interviews, watched DVD's my dad bought for me, and then I went out and tried it. I had a photoshoot on Friday that really tested my skills. I went out and did a photoshoot with Anthony. I did pretty good, and I even learned more things. Anthony even learned something new. In all, I think I improved greatly. "You're getting there Andrew", says Anthony.
For my media part, I am creating a book. Displaying my past work and my most recent work. You can see the improvement. I can say I am very proud of my improvement and looking forward to the future of my career.
2 comments:
Hi Andrew,
Sounds like you've been working hard on Project Icarus! Good primary resarch and "on the job training" :)
Be sure to include information about what you read in those books and learned in those DVDs. How about the professional organizations and their standards? See if you can get your dad and photographer friends to rate you using those rubrics. That way, you'd have a consistent scale on which they were rating you.
good work so far...looking forward to seeing your book! (I would also suggest browsing Borders for books by photographers...there are many on Ansel Adams, I would guess) That would give you some ideas on how to set yours up :)
mrs s
HI Andrew,
The book/portfolio sounds like a good product for your project. I would suggest looking at professional portfolios to give you an idea of how to structure or format your presentation.
Your professional friends may have portfolios they can share with you and I know that Mr. Fujimoto's students also create portfolios so he could be a resource there as well.
mrs s
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