Today I am in Las Vegas at the amazing WPPI Convention. And because of the technology of 2010 I wrote this before I left. Therefore, “I am here,” is really, “I will be there,” but since you are reading it when you read it, I am not lying when I type, “I am here.” So there, or rather, here.
I thought is was time I added some pazazz to this blog. Hense, the new wallpaper and a little something else…
My blog today is going to send you places you’ve never gone before. To my BIO. I really thought about what I wanted you to know about me and my photography style. I actually thought too much about it. Thought to the point of pain in the brain about it. You know…type-delete, type-delete, type-delete, etc., etc. Slash, slash, cut, cut….Whoa, Nellie! Needless to say, there is finally a BIO up and you may go there as you wish. There is even a new ‘bio image’ of, yours truly. At the top of this page go to ABOUT ME and you shall see what is written about me and my style. If you like it, call me, email me or make a comment.
There is also a new BIO up on my website. And I have posted some new pictures from recent events on that site, also. You can peruse that at will.
Enjoy and Happy Monday from HERE in Las Vegas!
We’re hitting the road for next week’s WPPI Convention in Las Vegas. Harmony, my new trusty assistant and up-and-coming hot new photographer is coming with me. We’re excited! Seeking new horizons with fresh new ideas and pertinent marketing plans is what I’m after. We’ll attend almost a week of classes of instruction from photographers from all over the world. I’ll keep you posted.
Just so I don’t leave you without a picture for the weekend–I’m sure you’ll see the meaning in this one.
I was six when, lucky child that I was, I received my first camera. It was Christmastime, only one gift left under the tree. My “Aunt Norma” picked up the gift, held it up to my brother, sister and me and said, “This gift goes to the child that guesses the number I am thinking of.” We had just received so much from Santa Claus and our parents, dare we think there could be more? Well…I wanted that present. Selfish little girl, wasn’t I? My favorite number was “3″ and I blurted it out before my siblings could say anything. The numbers were spoken… And then Aunt Norma said, “The number was “4,” Janet comes closest so she gets the gift.” Yeessss! I tore off the paper and held a box, a rectangular box in my hand. Wow…uh..what is it? ”It’s my old Brownie.” Norma said. My dad was a novice photographer. He’s the one that told me that it was a camera. My first. I carried that thing around for months. With and without film. It was exciting to me then, to see what a little box could create, what I could create. And it is still such an amazing thing to me, the creation of such magic images from these boxes.
Through the years my cameras have gotten smaller and smaller until I decided to l make photography my work. Now they’re getting bigger and bigger. Just like my dreams. I love that my imagination can match itself through the photographic art. So I suggest you get cameras in your kids hands, see what they can create. Let them show you what they can see right before your eyes. It’s magical!
By the way…my favorite number is now 4.
I had to transfer an entire hard-drive today to another one because the former was faulty. It is now the former-device that housed thousands of images. Now that it has lived it’s life, it is junk. I have viewed some of the images it held. In fact I viewed, for over 3 hours, some of the images it held. I would like to share a certain category with you today.
America, specifically the Stars and Stripes and what it represents. I’ve taken this moment to reflect. I want my country to reflect me and my desire to uphold the Constitution and all that the Founding Fathers envisioned when they gathered with the Creator in the creation of this nation. I don’t want the country that they founded to be the former country that we lived and died to create and preserve. I can get a new external hard-drive but I don’t want to get a new country. l love the one I live in today. As far as I’m concerned, it was a hard drive to build it, let’s keep it built.
Happy Wednesday!
He walks in and lights up the room! He’s fun, easy, friendly, a great story-teller, honest, creative, relaxed and…brilliant. He’s Casey McFarland and he’s my mentor. He’s also my photographer of choice…if you can’t have me..but he’s my friend, ah heck, he’s family. And he is a highly successful Utah photographer and owner of Casey McFarland Photography.
I knew him before he was born. His mother is one of my dearest, bestest friends. I’ve known his dad since jr. high and met his mom in college. Even had the inspiration to introduce them and they’ve blamed me ever since. How long’s it been, Elena, something like 35 years?
He’s here now for a visit, some work, a little advice and…let’s just put it this way, where there is Casey, there is laughter.
Casey is as quick as a phone call away for any questions I parlay his way, as I frequently do. He encouraged me to photograph for profit and here I am. At least once a year I attend one of his seminars, one-on-one. And I would like to encourage him to do one-on-one’s with other photographers, for profit. Let’s see if he follows my advice.
A couple of years ago he, his mother, sister and I went to Ireland for the Destination Engagement Shoot of a lifetime. Took this image there.
Happy Tuesday!
Master Photographer
by Janet Andersen
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