Photo Quote of the Week

"PHOTOSHOP" - Everybody

Ok so it's not really a quote but I was working on some photographs from a photo shoot I assisted in over the weekend and I thought "This is my least favorite thing about photography!"

When I first started it was very much exciting to me. The things I learned to do and how I was able to sometimes transform my images, I was amazed. 

So I obviously didn't mind spending hours editing. 

These days, I despise editing. 

I have so may things going on that it just feels like a chore.

How does this relate to the "quote" of the week, you ask?

Simple. 

Editing means photoshop.

(or Lightroom for some of you, but i'm ignoring you for today's purposes)

Photoshop means many, many connotations.

Mostly bad.

Most people think botched artwork when they hear photoshop.

Something poorly done and even ghetto.

Yeah, that really makes me want to take my time editing.

And for a select few it means positives things which I am choosing not to dwell on today since I am only interested in the negative.

Yes, that's me, the optimist.

(actually i normally am, but today i choose not to be)

So back to editing.

It sucks.

I'm sure I'll think otherwise when all my work has been completed and I am once again filled with

Wonder,

awe,

and PRIDE

in the work I have done.

Until then, I shall be an unhappy camper.

Er, photographer.

{LPS}

P.S.

When I am back to my optimistic self and find myself with some free time, I shall fill you in on my recent absence and share my experience about the photo shoot I assisted in with some sneak peaks.

Byeee

Photo Quote of the Week - Among other Thoughts

You can't photograph your thoughts.
- Stephen Johnson


I say nay to Stephen Johnson. 


You CAN photograph your thoughts. 


Photography is all about photographing your thoughts!


It's the visual expression, 


the physical embodiment, 


the.tangible.of.your.thoughts.


You photograph what you see.
You photograph what you hear.
You photograph what you smell.
You photograph what you taste.
You photograph what you feel.


You.photograph.what.you.think.


But you all know that.


Isn't it one of the reasons you enjoy photography so much?


I know it's one of my reasons.


Anyway, speaking of thoughts, here are some more of mine. 


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I have been MIA yet again. 


Life has been quite the busy bee for me these last few weeks. 


But i start school on monday.
(nay, bring on the summer once more i say)


So I hope to get back into a working routine. 


You know, for someone who was never a fan of the day to day routines,


I sure have grown to love 'em.
(sigh)


See you on the other side of the lens!


{LPS}

Sneak Peek

So I booked a second maternity photo shoot. 


But it was actually my first maternity photo shoot.


The first maternity photo shoot I booked


hasn't actually taken place yet.


Anyway, I think it went well.


Especially considering it happened pretty fast.


I definitely could have been better prepared. 


I thought of alot of props that would have been great to have. 


All part of the experience though.


So while you enjoy these sneak peek photos


I will go make that list and start editing. 

*remember these are straight from the camera*

Update: Where have I been?

Hey Photo People, 


I am sorry I have been MIpA (missing in photographic action) for the past two weeks now. 


Here's the low down.


My awesome boyfriend's dad was in a car accident last week so I was in and out of the hospital with his family. 
(He is ok now, just bruised and on "house arrest" per doctors orders)


After that I spent the rest of the week catching up on the work I missed at work.
(great stuff i tell ya)


This week has been all about homework and research.


I was offered to do wedding photography for a friend next month.


Since I've never done anything like that, I wanted to be informed and be prepared. 


Unfortunately it was all for not. 


I was informed today that they hired a photography since Monday.


I love them and I'm not hurt or upset
(the wedding is in 2 weeks so trust me, i understand)


But I would have appreciated the heads up so I didn't spend the past week staying up into the wee hours of the night doing research.


Oh well. life's lessons. at least i know a little something about wedding photography now.


So this week's lesson my friends?


There's always an upside.


Even if the upside isn't the one you were expecting.


{LPS}

Photo Quote of the Week

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours. ~James Lalropui Keivom



I very much enjoy this quote because it just makes me feel silly.
As photographers, we really do spend our careers capturing moments that even when added up
aren't much more than a few hours.
but i love that irony
(if it even is irony)
because it's not about what it adds up to
it's about what the moments mean.
to us as photographers.
as friends.
as family.
as people.
these moments can amount to lifetimes.


so the fact that we spend so much time capturing moments


that don't up to too much time in themselves


makes me laugh and only feel that much more proud of the moments
i do capture.


{LPS}

Creative Focus

I have discovered something quite wonderful my friends. 


Creative focus through the use of tilt-shift lenses!


yes.


it.is.awesome.


I am still doing research on this but from the tid bits I have read,


they are pretty handy to have.


great fun to use.


and produce one of a kind, ahhh-mazing results. 
(yes, i did just use amazing with ahhh,
  they're supposed to be that good.)


google the subject. 


i.dare.ya.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


So while you go google 'creative focus' and 'tilt-shift lens' pictures,  I am off to do some more "third party" research of my own, 


you guys should really share any thoughts you have on these wonderful "new" contraptions.


{LPS}


P.S.
HAVE A GREAT FOURTH OF JULY!!!
STAY SAFE.

Photo Quote of the Week

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. - Ansel Adams


For the sake of this quote, I think I'm going to get straight to the point.


Remember that the image you choose to print and show case,
whether it be on your bedroom wall, living room coffee table or art gallery


IS just as important


as the picture you shot into your camera.

the reverse is also true.

the photograph you shoot into your camera 


is as important as the final product. 




as beginner's it is often easy to forget this association.

we want the start and end products to be one and the same.

on top of that, we expect it to look like the pros.


this.is.not.the.case.


the same careful thought and craftsmanship that goes into shooting your subject, 


needs to be applied to the final product.


take the time to play in photoshop to make your photos the best they can be.


because even the best, (like Ansel Adams) can benefit from subtle features
(like color boost, or dodge and burn, or even just levels)


that photoshop has to offer.


{LPS}