Comments on: I am not a “Wedding Photographer” http://www.hodginsphotography.com/2010/05/10/i-am-not-a-wedding-photographer/ Sudbury Ontario Photographer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:12:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jillian Bickle http://www.hodginsphotography.com/2010/05/10/i-am-not-a-wedding-photographer/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 Jillian Bickle Tue, 11 May 2010 16:07:54 +0000 http://www.hodginsphotography.com/?p=4335#comment-1188 Very well put James! And I have to say, love that picture of the twin girls you did ;) .-= Jillian Bickle´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jillianbphotography/~3/EOILRy_mVSw/" rel="nofollow">Fathers Favourites Coming Next Month</a> =-.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1188','Jillian Bickle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1188','Jillian Bickle','Very well put James! And I have to say, love that picture of the twin girls you did ;)\n.-= Jillian Bickle´s last blog ..<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/jillianbphotography\/~3\/EOILRy_mVSw\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fathers Favourites Coming Next Month<\/a> =-.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Very well put James! And I have to say, love that picture of the twin girls you did ;)
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]]> By: Angela Waite http://www.hodginsphotography.com/2010/05/10/i-am-not-a-wedding-photographer/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 Angela Waite Tue, 11 May 2010 14:37:54 +0000 http://www.hodginsphotography.com/?p=4335#comment-1184 Hey James, I was at the Calgary event (great seminar btw) and I've also been told at portfolio reviews and through marketing articles that you need to have a "look" or a specialization to stand out in a competitive marketplace. I thought your comeback was quite good. I'm a photographer. And its true what Rick says. Be a specialist doesn't mean your creative or skilled or bring a unique perspective to the table. That is what we need to be promoting more than a specialization.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1184','Angela Waite'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1184','Angela Waite','Hey James, I was at the Calgary event (great seminar btw) and I\'ve also been told at portfolio reviews and through marketing articles that you need to have a \"look\" or a specialization to stand out in a competitive marketplace. I thought your comeback was quite good. I\'m a photographer. \r\nAnd its true what Rick says. Be a specialist doesn\'t mean your creative or skilled or bring a unique perspective to the table. That is what we need to be promoting more than a specialization.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey James, I was at the Calgary event (great seminar btw) and I’ve also been told at portfolio reviews and through marketing articles that you need to have a “look” or a specialization to stand out in a competitive marketplace. I thought your comeback was quite good. I’m a photographer.
And its true what Rick says. Be a specialist doesn’t mean your creative or skilled or bring a unique perspective to the table. That is what we need to be promoting more than a specialization.
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]]> By: Rick Weaver - Memphis Photographer http://www.hodginsphotography.com/2010/05/10/i-am-not-a-wedding-photographer/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Rick Weaver - Memphis Photographer Mon, 10 May 2010 14:59:09 +0000 http://www.hodginsphotography.com/?p=4335#comment-1177 James, thanks for this blog post. I've toyed with the idea of having a separate "seniors" page because I felt my "classicly-styled" web site would not be as attractive to the kids as some glitzy flash site with music. However, I just interviewed a senior model whose mom said she looked at every single image on my web site and just "HAS" to have me do her senior portraits. So maybe I will go with a separate senior portal or maybe not. We'll see how the next few months of senior season pan out and the feedback I get. I may do a test portal and ask my senior models to comment on it. My considering a separate portal for seniors stems from wanting to appeal to their younger outlook, rather than trying to convince them I specialize in seniors. For the rest of our clientele, I agree, the images on your site "rounds oneself out" as a photographer of multiple situations, which means you not only know how to craft the natural light and OCF used at weddings, but can also shape that light and get good classical portraits, created at weddings as well. In my opinion, studio experience is a necessary skill to make you a great on-location photographer, because you take that skill of shaping the light in the studio out into the field. I see many "on-location" or "natural light" photographers in my town who don't know what to do in the bright sun or with the flat light of an overcast day. For this reason, you don't want to be lumped in that group of "wedding photographers" who aren't skilled in other types of portrait photography.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1177','Rick Weaver - Memphis Photographer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1177','Rick Weaver - Memphis Photographer','James, thanks for this blog post. I\'ve toyed with the idea of having a separate \"seniors\" page because I felt my \"classicly-styled\" web site would not be as attractive to the kids as some glitzy flash site with music. However, I just interviewed a senior model whose mom said she looked at every single image on my web site and just \"HAS\" to have me do her senior portraits. So maybe I will go with a separate senior portal or maybe not. We\'ll see how the next few months of senior season pan out and the feedback I get. I may do a test portal and ask my senior models to comment on it. My considering a separate portal for seniors stems from wanting to appeal to their younger outlook, rather than trying to convince them I specialize in seniors.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of our clientele, I agree, the images on your site \"rounds oneself out\" as a photographer of multiple situations, which means you not only know how to craft the natural light and OCF used at weddings, but can also shape that light and get good classical portraits, created at weddings as well. In my opinion, studio experience is a necessary skill to make you a great on-location photographer, because you take that skill of shaping the light in the studio out into the field. I see many \"on-location\" or \"natural light\" photographers in my town who don\'t know what to do in the bright sun or with the flat light of an overcast day. For this reason, you don\'t want to be lumped in that group of \"wedding photographers\" who aren\'t skilled in other types of portrait photography.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> James, thanks for this blog post. I’ve toyed with the idea of having a separate “seniors” page because I felt my “classicly-styled” web site would not be as attractive to the kids as some glitzy flash site with music. However, I just interviewed a senior model whose mom said she looked at every single image on my web site and just “HAS” to have me do her senior portraits. So maybe I will go with a separate senior portal or maybe not. We’ll see how the next few months of senior season pan out and the feedback I get. I may do a test portal and ask my senior models to comment on it. My considering a separate portal for seniors stems from wanting to appeal to their younger outlook, rather than trying to convince them I specialize in seniors.

For the rest of our clientele, I agree, the images on your site “rounds oneself out” as a photographer of multiple situations, which means you not only know how to craft the natural light and OCF used at weddings, but can also shape that light and get good classical portraits, created at weddings as well. In my opinion, studio experience is a necessary skill to make you a great on-location photographer, because you take that skill of shaping the light in the studio out into the field. I see many “on-location” or “natural light” photographers in my town who don’t know what to do in the bright sun or with the flat light of an overcast day. For this reason, you don’t want to be lumped in that group of “wedding photographers” who aren’t skilled in other types of portrait photography.

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