I might be in a little over my head. This is how it all happened to become crazy. Since it is winter, the very slowest time of the year for my photography, I have been setting up a lot of practice sessions. That is where I call a friend or another photographer and ask if I can take some pictures of them. I get a lot of ideas rolling around in my brain and I like to try out new ideas without the pressure of having to please anyone else. Anyway, I have two such sessions today and very cleverly spaced them out so there would be plenty of time for both.
“Que the monkey wrench!”
Yesterday afternoon I get a phone call. The man sounds slightly paniced an wants to find out if I can do a photo session with his daughter, two dogs, and himself. It’s for his wife and it’s for Valantine’s day. Every part of me that actually respects my own time told me to tell him “no” and then I remembered that the whole reason I am working hard during the off winter season is to encourage people to pay me to do what I love and what I am good at, photography! Then I mentally slapped myself and said to myself, “Self! This is a real client! I know you aren’t used to getting them in the winter, but this is what it’s all about!” So I sqeezed him in.
This part is awesome, I love his request! He wants a quick group photo with the above mentioned people and then he needs it printed today. Here is what we firgured out. He comes over, we spends ten minutes getting a nice group shot, come to my office, I download the images, He picks his favorite, I get the selected image print ready and burn it to a disc, he goes to get it printed at a one hour photo place. All this while his wife is at the gym because he doesn’t want her to find out until he gives it to her. Is that sweet or what?
Because I don’t like the thought of having a 1-hour photo of my work displayed in anyones home, I intend to send a nice print to him in the usual 2-4 week print delivery time to replace the one-hour photo.
And now for WPPI!! I am so exited to say that Mel (my sister) and I are going on a road trip to Vegas! WPPI stands for Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. They host the largest photography convention in the US and they have the largest trade show for photographer vendors too. Mel and I leave on Monday and we will be back on Thursday. I plan to take lots of pictures and give a full report (a fun report) when I get back.
A little later………….
Okay, here are some images from the second session. Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
