RichardLavigne
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Sam Hassas wrote:
RichardLavigne wrote:
Sam,
A few questions if I may...
1. how long does a shoot like this take for you... not conceptually, just literally, you met the family and spent how long with them?
2. What is your background with photography... perhaps you've covered this somewhere.. where you trained in photography? art? self taught? how long have you been in this silly game? if you don't want to answer, thas cool, but I know I, for one, am interested.
Sure.
-This session went 2 1/2 hours. It was 9 member family and we did a wardrobe change. We even raced against the sun at one point. All three photographers broke up and shot the family members separately.
-My background in photography is shooting my boys. Bought my first SLR just under 3 years ago. (Rebel XT, recently sold it on eBay  )
-I don't have any formal training, no. Not saying that to look BA, just the truth. I wish I did get some training however. There are some elementary things/theories I still very novice at.
-The internet has been my sole teacher. That and real world experience is how I learned. Shot my first wedding a little over a year ago. Should I post pictures?  (they were utter crap)
Sam- Awesome, thanks so much for the response. Looking at the lighting I figured that it was very close to sunset and that you were probably fghting for the good light to get it all done.
As far as your experience... I feel like I almost knew it before you told me. The images you create relay a passion for the job, that I've found usually comes from someone that photography has found (after they've been down some of life's other roads) You do it for the love and your style comes from within... as opposed to something that's been taught in a classroom. I've always felt that great musicians develop naturally. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Ray Lamontagne developed on their own, not at a music college. I feel that many photographers are the same way.
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