First, I am excited to announce I will be the featured artist for a month for the Leeds Art Council in March. You can find out more information here and your can see the other artists that will be featured each month here. Now of course I was jumping up and down. And I was very excited to know that the hanging of my pieces will be able to work around my other jobs and that it is the weekend before I am photographing a wedding. A wedding and being the artist of the month in March is just a dream to me.
Now, I want to tell you about something I witnessed at my part-time job this week. They were getting ready for a photo shoot and I was able to see them do the make up and hair on one of my colleagues which was so fun for me. But I could tell by her posture and that she was not enjoying it. I know some of us do not love having our photographs taken. I am one of them. I will admit that you have to get me laughing so you are able to get my natural smile. That is why when I take photographs I am watching my clients. I was taking a Christmas card for my aunt and my uncle looked so stiff basically unhappy. I told him and he laughed. After uploading the photos the laptop my aunt was happy I told him, because you could see a big difference in his smiles. I have learned as a photographer you have to be honest with your clients. If they are not comfortable with having their photo taken talk to them for a while. I would not go right into photographing someone who is uncomfortable. It may take a few tries, but in the end it will be worth it.
I will show you more photographs in my next blog after I go take some photographs at a fabulous Engagement Party! I really do love photographing all types of events and doing all your commissions.
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