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I have been thinking a lot- okay almost all encompassed- with stories and "what is her story, and his story and their story"... I had the privilege of being a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop in New York State a few weeks ago. I could have never guessed it would leave me in such a state. I feel alive and thinking and really seeing. I was left with so information I can barely sleep.
As a person with lots of media photographers for friends we always have those long talks with each other about how we want to make people cry with our pictures...there have been some really influential people in my life that have inspired me to do more, see more, take more, create more. I want to name those people hopefully with links so you may be inspired by them. JT Lock, Stacy Pearsall, Beth Caporaletti, Cherie Cullen, Clarence Brown, Ken Hackman, Ami Vitale, Mary Calvert and a whole heap of others that will probably come to me while I am sleeping. (Clarence I need your web address.)
Photojournalism is not something that has come easy for me. I am a person that is usually turned off by confrontation. Stepping into someone's personal space is just that, so personal. It is uncomfortable and a crazy place to be, for the first time.
Shooting weddings and engagement sessions has nothing on shooting an assignment or photo story...trying to convince someone that you are there to take pictures of them, and why, and for what, and who will see these...yadda yadda. People are so resistant to media these days, and maybe always have been for the most part, especially with the internet and all the weirdos out there. This workshop renewed my love and admiration and respect for the photojournalists that make us cry and laugh and astounded with their images. This workshop drove home that I have found my calling. It was a little hard to walk away from a future in photojournalism, that appeared to have limitless possibilities. From flying in C-17s which I loved so much...but there was another plan for me and I am head- over- heels about my children and being able to run my own biz and weddings and brides and not being shot at anymore. This is it for me...what I was made to do!
So I photographed "T" who owns a Barber shop in Ellenville, NY. It is a small town, a unique and quirky town- surrounded by tree- covered mountains & foothills. T was unique and cool and funny and he and I shared a bunch of laughs. I didn't get to shoot T for the full two days, like I was supposed to, which was a bummer. He had some issues that kept us from meeting on Sunday.
T's Barber Shop- Link
As a person with lots of media photographers for friends we always have those long talks with each other about how we want to make people cry with our pictures...there have been some really influential people in my life that have inspired me to do more, see more, take more, create more. I want to name those people hopefully with links so you may be inspired by them. JT Lock, Stacy Pearsall, Beth Caporaletti, Cherie Cullen, Clarence Brown, Ken Hackman, Ami Vitale, Mary Calvert and a whole heap of others that will probably come to me while I am sleeping. (Clarence I need your web address.)
Photojournalism is not something that has come easy for me. I am a person that is usually turned off by confrontation. Stepping into someone's personal space is just that, so personal. It is uncomfortable and a crazy place to be, for the first time.
Shooting weddings and engagement sessions has nothing on shooting an assignment or photo story...trying to convince someone that you are there to take pictures of them, and why, and for what, and who will see these...yadda yadda. People are so resistant to media these days, and maybe always have been for the most part, especially with the internet and all the weirdos out there. This workshop renewed my love and admiration and respect for the photojournalists that make us cry and laugh and astounded with their images. This workshop drove home that I have found my calling. It was a little hard to walk away from a future in photojournalism, that appeared to have limitless possibilities. From flying in C-17s which I loved so much...but there was another plan for me and I am head- over- heels about my children and being able to run my own biz and weddings and brides and not being shot at anymore. This is it for me...what I was made to do!
So I photographed "T" who owns a Barber shop in Ellenville, NY. It is a small town, a unique and quirky town- surrounded by tree- covered mountains & foothills. T was unique and cool and funny and he and I shared a bunch of laughs. I didn't get to shoot T for the full two days, like I was supposed to, which was a bummer. He had some issues that kept us from meeting on Sunday.
T's Barber Shop- Link
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