Jeff’s Photographic Adventure

I took these on the same day I headed out with Cristy (see the last post).

A friend of mine asked if she could do a photoshoot with me, and since I’ve never done it before I thought it would be a good experience. I learned a lot about what it takes to do a decent shoot… I worry so much about being creative, but really it’s all about noticing different backgrounds that naturally catch your eye and then helping your subject feel comfortable. I’d say my first trip out was certainly a success in that I learned a lot, but in general I think there are a million things I could have done better. That’s why we experience new things, right? It’s always a learning experience!

In other awesome new, I have a mentor now! Kelli is a friend of mine with some serious talent, though she is certainly humble about it, so I asked if she would be my mentor and I got a smile as a response. I’m pretty excited to have that relationship setup so I can pick her brain and maybe get involved as an apprentice on occasion (if she’s got a shoot and could use some help). If nothing else, it’s someone else to talk to about my new excitement, which will help keep me motivated! I pretty much talk with Jason about things, and since he and I are both big time novices, it’s good to add someone with serious talent into my circle. She’s already given me one piece of solid advice: try using Adobe Lightroom!

As for my photos to add, here are some shots I took with Cristy a couple weeks ago that I’ve been working on developing a bit. By no means am I done, but these four shots look pretty good….

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