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PS – Sorry for the VERY long post. It’s been a long, tiring, work day. I’m actually in shipping/printing/retail. May also have a slight case of aspergers, honestly, so don’t take it bad. I just probably need to make a much longer, more organized speech, in my blog or some such.

[theflyingkitty]

Yeah. She’s better than them. Many small towns don’t have many choices, and one of the best places to find work there local is Wall-Mart. My father, for example, is a VERY good artist. Woodcarving, Oil, Pencil, you name it. Locally, he has trouble selling prints and has to do it very much on the side. In the big city here, he can do FAR better.

The audience of my small town doesn’t see any difference in a well established professional photographer who knows their sh** and someone they can go to inexpensively for photos that are a bit better than what they can do themselves, and in most cases, probably the only photos the kid might have outside of their school pics and a few shots by Aunt Lou at Thanksgiving.

Gosh I hope this doesn’t come back to me. PLEASE DO NOT post the following images ANYWHERE else.

The following links are photos a friend from high school scanned in.  I actually did her maternity shots for free, but was late on the disc of images. As I understand, she goes to this photographer about once a month.

And if you’re the person who took the following photos, I am sorry. Please work on your backdrops and maybe include some digital facebook previews so people aren’t holding their photos up to a camera. It puts your work in a worse light.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/284090_10151242073669610_26574108_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/395138_10151316132369610_1978957978_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/554345_10150839656949610_33651223_n.jpg

Facebook is being mean to me. There’s another one with him on a small blanket near some fake pumpkin/straw props of some sort near the edge of the woods. Was taken standing up and quite far away with not the best lighting.

I’ve been thinking about it and there’s def. so many ways so many people can improve. Life is about learning and improving, and never stopping when you find something you’re interested in.  Not everyone is from a big city, and choices are often limited for various reasons. There are worse out there than Chaotic Perspectives. CP isn’t the best, but ‘eh, hopefully they’re at-least honest and give the client a good sampling of their own work to demonstrate style, quality, etc. before they get hired.  In their case, I can note where they are improving, though might suspect more than one photographer, and where they could improve further. They’re stepping towards the right direction, and might eventually get there. Wanting to shed some positives with the negatives.

 

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The ones I see aren’t too awful.  A great deal of them could be corrected via a bit of post production or minding where folks are standing.  she’s better than the photos I’ve seen from my home town that folks have paid for. Just needs to keep hard at shooting shooting shooting, and some time in front of the PC.

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That poor baby looks like it might fall off. oO I don’t think they can really roll themselves at that point, but it looks sooo precarious.  Flash aside, I could also suggest the white poster board and nearby wall get covered in maybe a thick white bed sheet or fabric to hide the… well, non white-non-floor bits. And the older woman’s pants make her look like she’s floating. It’s dark here and flipping through quickly scared me a bit.

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The photos actually look better than many I see on high school friend’s facebook walls taken in my home town.

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The script has a thing where folks without flash will get defaulted to a steady single image. It’s one of the things still on the to-do list.  Also need to get rid of the whole thing where it turns it into a smart-phone happy site. Was trying it, but does NOT work well at all.

Thanks!

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I thought the shots had alot of potential. Just need to keep in mind that women to a bit better/thinner if you’re on a small step ladder so you’re slightly above them. And just keep an eye on the light.

There are plenty of people out there who should outright shut down and spend a year or two pushing and learning hard on the side. I would like to see this photographer talk to some people, join some Facebook groups, and realize her full potential. There is something there, it just needs to grow. 🙂

I’m doing the same.

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