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Doing It My Way
Whenever I attend a local event and capture great shots of a group, I like to find the group's email address and send them low-res, watermarked copies. I do this, because you never know who may be (or who may know someone) looking for an event photographer. Besides, I like the idea of surprising someone with great images of their group in action. I imagine their joy, and it makes me feel good. Being hired to photograph one of their events would be mere icing, to be honest.
It just dawned on me this is a valid self-promotion technique that could result in business, someday. So, when I am mentally beating myself up for not promoting my photography in exactly the same ways I see others promoting theirs, I need to remind myself I am doing more than I am giving myself credit for.
Wynn Center Toppers Drum and Bugle Corps of Brooklyn, NY
Music Under the Bridge
Kingborough Community College
10 October 2009
Technical Notes: I shot these images with my 50mm lens wide open at f1.8 and my camera set to ISO 400. I did not want to use a flash, as I find flash intrusive during performances. (Nothing against the event photographers. Flash just isn't my style.) My 50mm lens, though less sharp than my 24-105 f4L lens, allows me to shoot in low light without flash and at a low enough ISO to avoid digital noise in the resulting image. The Canon EOS 5D's sensor is so good, the difference between ISO 400 and ISO 100 is negligible.
It just dawned on me this is a valid self-promotion technique that could result in business, someday. So, when I am mentally beating myself up for not promoting my photography in exactly the same ways I see others promoting theirs, I need to remind myself I am doing more than I am giving myself credit for.
Music Under the Bridge
Kingborough Community College
10 October 2009
Technical Notes: I shot these images with my 50mm lens wide open at f1.8 and my camera set to ISO 400. I did not want to use a flash, as I find flash intrusive during performances. (Nothing against the event photographers. Flash just isn't my style.) My 50mm lens, though less sharp than my 24-105 f4L lens, allows me to shoot in low light without flash and at a low enough ISO to avoid digital noise in the resulting image. The Canon EOS 5D's sensor is so good, the difference between ISO 400 and ISO 100 is negligible.