When bad things happen to you too often, you tend to be a disbeliver when good things happens.
For the longest period of time, nobody came up to me to aknowledge my talents and abilities.
For the longest period, people have been making use of me and yet being unrealistic critical about it.
Let's face it, they cannot even draw a decent egg and they can say what I draw looks bad.........
Oh Please!!! Look at the mirror before you comment!
I can draw a Van Gogh or a Da Vinci, they cannot even draw a decent square without using a ruler,
Recent Events have changed alot of my perspectives!
I took up photography on a serious basis and started experimenting ........
drawing reference from the great painters instead of thinking from the viewpoint of a guy with a camera.
I know this is controversial but too many people out there just join in organised shoots and get conveyer belt results.
What is wrong with these people? Don't they have their own artistic directions and style?
Some people's minds are just so closed and unreceptive to new ideas.
They just flip their FHM, Maxim or some Jap Idol magazine and start copying what they see.
End result, too many photos that look the same..... BORING!!!
Ha ha, and they can still criticise me and Aver cos we have weird angles and the shoot being over or under exposed.......
All that was done intentionally!!!
They just cannot accept someone who has the BALLS to be different!
I have been running around with my namecards these days and selling my services.
Have been getting very positive responses too.
In the past, when Aver said I have super good angles...... I did not really believe her.......
Thought she is saying that cos she is my girlfren n just wanna make me feel good about myself.
I just like to experiment and do things differently..... something that comes naturally to me.......
so it did not feel different to me.
Meeting up with the people who are your potential customers is an interesting experience!
And they said the same thing as Aver: I LOVE YOUR ANGLES!!!!
Okie okie...... I am convinced now........
Even a few friends I lost contact with sort of looked thru my portfolio and even showed their friends and yup....same results.... Super with angles!!!
Okie , Okie.... I believe now..... I have very creative angles and an unorthodox shooting style!!!
Now to move on with the show.....to show the world that JERI CAN BE THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE WORLD!!!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
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my renaissance man has awakened
There is always room for improvement. Even professional photographers who are widely considered "the best" have an eye critical enough to their work to see room for improvement. Keep improving and never rest on your laurels.
In the area of protraiture (I really don't know what you want to focus on), you might want to have a wider variety of models. It is not impressive to potential clients like agencies or for private commissions if you have only 3 different faces. You may love your girlfriend (the photographer I modeled for a few times is now my husband, so I can understand), but for the good of your profession, you need to have more faces in your book.
Good luck.
Most people do have their own artistic styles, some more unique and others more mainstream. What counts is execution.
Wondering, how many of the positive comments turned into potential clients and how many potential clients ended up with a paying gig? Just curious.
Creativity is good,execution is a must. Arrogance is not. Speaking from the standpoint of a client.
Hey Jenna,
Thanks for your generous comments.
Will look into it. especially on the model part. He he..... I m still in the experimental stage and will not give up trying out new stuff. Shall see my own pics with an open eye and improve further. Thanks for your comments again.
Hey Anonymous,
Thanks for your feedbck. Shall try to keep my head while moving forward.
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