stars and lights

i had the opportunity to do some shots for this wonderful girl who's beautiful but whose personality is as beautiful as she is. again, because of my work schedule i had to split her session in two (something i don't dislike really). we shot some photos at downtown and others at a park. i got to experiment with reflectors and prisms. i'm happy because little by little i feel that i have better understanding of light. 

hopefully in the next couple of days i will be able to shoot something personal and start writing like a journal. that would be nice and therapeutic in these times of stress. 

NEW PROJECTS

so, i haven't got much time to post lately but i'll try, i'll try. sometimes i feel like writing in spanish, sometimes i feel like writing in english, so bear with me. i got to shoot these photos with a beautiful girl. we had to split the photoshoot because the first day it rained on us. it was the first session i had in a long time with just one person since i began working and it was weird but fun. i noticed i gained some confidence and that i can actually direct my clients in order to get natural but posed shots. i don't want to rely a lot in spontainety because some people are actually very shy, so i try to be in between, i tell them to pose and then i say something to break them, and that's how i get some of the shots. this one had both spontaneous and posed photos, but that's okay, i ended up liking the photos and she loved them. my approach was more of a fashion photography kind of thing, although i know i'm far from having photos like that, i'm pleased with the results because it's a part of photography i didn't explore before this photoshoot.

i'm feeling much better every day in regards of what i do and i'm sure this is what i want to do for a living. i'm trying to balance myself between my job and my photography job but it's hard. i have to postpone many appointments and sessions with clients but hopefully that will change next semester; i'll see how it goes.

JUANMA & FRIDA

Today I got the opportunity to shoot with two beautiful young friends. I had it planned for a couple of weeks ago but everything ended up being in the same day. I felt happy with myself because for once I felt I controlled the photoshoot. Most of the time I tell whether it is my clients or people I want to photograph "DO WHATEVER YOU WANT" but now I felt more confident to tell them what to do, which makes me feel more comfortable and also they feel relieved for not having to figure out what to do next. Still, I need more practice but I'm glad with the results; I'm very, very happy.

FINDING INNER SELF

I've been neglecting this a lot which is not cool because I promised myself I was going to use this to document my ideas, especially my photography ideas. Lately I haven't been inspired. I wanted to start a 365 project, which I did but unsuccessfully stopped at the second/third day. Now I just take a photograph once in a while so I'm guessing it'll take more than 365 days to complete. It could be because I've been having issues with myself -physically and mentally- and I can't find the proper photo that makes me feel "yeah, this is it, this is the way I look good and familiar".

Taking different types of ideas for my photos is something I've been liking. I really am tired of the same damn photo all the time because 1) I get bored, 2) I get bored, and 3) I get bored. I guess I'm not very surrealistic for my drawings for example, I do use some elements related to fantasy but it is focused on stories, or cartoons someday I want to develop. In my photography, on the other hand, I enjoy surrealism, and I think that's going to be my aim. And it's not because I want to fit into a movement, but I think my ideas are so messed up and scattered in my head, and putting everything in dream language makes it very easy to understand for me. 

So, I want to talk about some of my favorite surrealist photographers, or well, show some of their work because they inspire me and make me want to go visit other places, take parts of my ordinary life and transform them into something out of this world.

Firstable I want to talk about Kyle Thompson which was the first surreal photographer I had interest in. I know many people are following his work right now because of his featuring in Reddit, but he deserves it. Anyways, I really like the way he manages to put himself into difficult circumstances to achieve an awesome photograph, like this one for example (sorry, Kyle disable has disabled anyone from downloading his photographs) Whenever he updates his flickr and there's a photo of him in that pond, in his comments he always mentions how the plants in the water gave him a rash, or how he got cut with something and he caught an infection, or anything. I think he's awesome and brave. 

Another photographer I quite enjoy is Moritzaust. I have been following his work too and I think he's awesome. His concepts are not as complex as Kyle's, and I'm definitely not going to compare because they're both amazing in their own way. Moritzaust's work is simpler but beautiful to look at.

Finally, another favorite, Glenda Lisette. Not only she's a beautiful girl but she's extremely talented and she always amazes me with the ideas she comes up with. The colors in her photographs are warm and fantasy like, and I can't help to think that her photographs are always telling a beautiful and heartwarming story.

I'm afraid none of this artists allow downloading their photographs but make sure you visit those links, I assure you that you will not feel sorry.