Blurbs from the life of a wedding photographer

There is still one wedding gallery that I’ve been putting off uploading for too long now. There is no real good excuse for this, but it’s certainly not because I’ve been lazy.

The calendar I use at google to keep track of my events has been filling up like a pressure cooker with steam. I have another outsourced wedding shoot next Friday, two days long, two locations: one in Ashland and the next day in Provincetown—how lovely! That’s pretty exciting to be able to do that for someone and have them want me to do it for them. Then on October 10th I have Patricia’s wedding at the lovely Swansea Venus De Milo. The week after I have Steven’s wedding clocking in at a record 3 locations in a single day. I get to re-visit the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plainsfor some fantastic scenery and post-ceremony photography. And I am still having conversations with two more couples, one having a 5 year anniversary! The other has their wedding coming up on the 5th of next month.

Given all the work that’s incoming I definitely have to get that final gallery uploaded soon before I get way too busy with these brides and grooms work and have no time for my own work! Look forward to seeing Alfreda’s pictures very soon!

Connecting with people and networking is so important. Every day there are opportunities that people pass by because they didn’t know they exist or didn’t know the right person at the right time. While taking Brian Lucier’s web design class at MassArt I saw an opportunity present itself to connect with my fellow classmates and further my business at the same time.

Halfway through the Summer term we all presented out design concepts in front of the class. We critiqued each others work and Brian showed us how to structure our pages. A recurring comment people got was “I want to see your face on the site!” or “Where is your headshot?”. *ding!*

I always arrive to early anyhow so I thought I could use that time more productively: offer inexpensive headshots to my fellow classmates.

Right away I got some responses to this (which I shot today) from Mark, a graphic designer, and Beth, who designs custom (and very awesome) stationary for all kinds of occasions.

Not only did I get to meet two cool classmates and see a little bit about what they do, but it opened new resources: custom wedding invitations and thank yous, and maybe some new graphics for my web page and business cards.