Archive for September, 2010
Photos Are Full Of Memories – Relive Them AnyTime
September 29th, 2010
Before I got into photography, I was just like everyone else: shy. I didn’t want my photograph taken. Then I realize that photographs are full of memories. The memories of the day the photographs are taken. With time everything will change but that photograph will freeze time. In just few seconds, I could go back and relive that day. As if I was a time traveler…I would love to travel back to the day my parents and I went to “Six Flags Great Adventure In New Jersey”. We had so much fun!!! My parents took few pictures of me and here they are:
Posted in 
Build Your Brand By Keeping Your Promise
September 28th, 2010
When I was 10 years old, I promised my friend that I would let him ride my bike if he helped me with my homework. He helped me with my homework and I changed my mind about letting him ride my bike. So, what did he do? He told my dad about our little deal. That day I learned a very valuable lesson about promising and branding form my dad.
Studio Portrait Vs. Onlocation Portrait – which is better?
September 17th, 2010
I remember my first portrait shoot like it was yesterday. I setup my mobile portrait studio in my client’s house. I popped open my background stand and put on my black backdrop on it. Then I placed my two studio strobes in front of it; about 6 to 8 feet away from my back drop.
After my shoot, I went home and downloaded the pictures into my computer. As I went through the first 10 or 15 photographs, I saw that my client looked great with all the different portrait poses. After I went through 40 or so photographs, I realized pictures had the same black backdrop. Which was ok, but I wish I had taken few different back drops with me. That way I could have had different back drops and whole look and feel of the photograph would have changed drastically. But it was too late!!!
Few weeks later, I was asked to do a portrait shoot outside. At first, I didn’t know what to tell that person because I never shot portraits outside with natural light. I always thought portraits were suppose be taken inside; where I can control lighting and I get to pick what back drops I want. Outside, on the other hand, I get what I get. If it’s a sunny one minute and cloudy next, I would have to figure out quickly how to adjust for the lighting in my camera. If that wasn’t enough challenge, I had to figure out which location looked good for the portrait. On top of that, I ONLY had 25 minutes for whole portrait shoot. No pressure, right???
So, we got to the location and I found the perfect spot for the portrait. I started to shoot and as the luck would have it – the sun was going in and out. One minute it was sunny and another minute it was cloudy. I quickly adjust the settings to have perfect exposure. As I was shooting and talking (to make my client relax) to my client, I would just move two feet to right and I would get completely different background. If I moved another two feet, I would get another completely different background.
I thought this was pretty cool because if I shoot onlocation all the time, I would never have to worry about running out of backdrops or having same B-O-R-N-I-N-G backgrounds for all of my portraits. With onlocation portrait, one of my portrait’s could have beach as a background and another could have country setting to it. Or it could have city buildings, open road, cars, planes, and etc. My photographs will never have the same B-O-R-N-I-N-G black background!!! With onlocation portrait, sky is the limit.
Google Search Engine Optimization – SEO
September 8th, 2010
After I learned how to create websites , the next step for me was to make it easier for my clients to find me on the web. That’s when I was introduced to Search Engine Optimization. Also known as: SEO. I knew little bit about SEO but I wanted to learn more. The more I learned about it, I found out that there is a science behind this whole seo process.
Flash Website Vs HTML Website
September 7th, 2010
When I first decided to create a website, I had to options: Flash website and HTML website. I decided to go with flash website. Why? Because flash websites offer fancy looking graphics and they can have music running in the background of your slideshow.
