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Picking up the pace
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Some people are very fortunate to have someone show up in their life when they expect it the least, and I'm certainly one of them. The last few months have been very difficult and I happened to run into the best thing that ever happened to me. While I'm not willing to talk a lot more about it, let's just say that she's the best thing that every happened to me in quite a long time. I guess my suffering ends here and it's time to move on.
We're about to change the studio location. The new studio will be a bit bigger and more practical to use. We're waiting to hear from the owner as to when we'll be able to move in. My photography is picking up slowly but surely. I'm shooting mostly with my best friend Julie and she's an absolute sweetheart and a beautiful model.
On a personal note, I started working out again last january and I'm losing weight rapidly. I'm down 20 pounds in under 3 months and I'm quite happy with it. I have another 30 pounds to go before I'm completely happy with the results, but until then, I'm working out between 3 and 5 times a week.
That's pretty much if for me. I have two very big shoots coming up on the 25th and on the 30th. I'll be posting the pictures as soon as they are ready!
We're about to change the studio location. The new studio will be a bit bigger and more practical to use. We're waiting to hear from the owner as to when we'll be able to move in. My photography is picking up slowly but surely. I'm shooting mostly with my best friend Julie and she's an absolute sweetheart and a beautiful model.
On a personal note, I started working out again last january and I'm losing weight rapidly. I'm down 20 pounds in under 3 months and I'm quite happy with it. I have another 30 pounds to go before I'm completely happy with the results, but until then, I'm working out between 3 and 5 times a week.
That's pretty much if for me. I have two very big shoots coming up on the 25th and on the 30th. I'll be posting the pictures as soon as they are ready!
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Reduced activity
1 min read
I have just realized that I haven't posted anything in almost a year. 2010 turned out to be a real nightmare for me and my photography was non existant. I am getting slowly back into it and I have gotten myself a new digital camera and I'm hoping to start shooting a bit more in the coming weeks.
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Travel, updates and shootings
4 min read
Good day to all,
As many of you know, I never made it out to Germany. While I was certainly looking forward to it, things really did not work out the way I intended them to... Then again, they seldom do.
I'm back to shooting on a regular basis, assuming that an average of once every three weeks qualifies as regular. It's much better than last summer and fall, mind you; I must have done a single shooting between May and November.
The fun part is that I finally got to meet Delvida. For some reason, I was under the impression that she didn't care much about my style of photography or my pictures, but I was wrong. Our first shoot together was like courting in a sense that we tried to find common grounds to work with, and the outcome of the pictures is really great. The second shoot with her was also really good. I strongly suggest that you take a look at the pictures on her profile, she started posting some of them.
Ok, before anyone asks why I'm not posting them... I got it into my head that I only wanted to post series. Well, I've retouched 2 pictures from the first shoot and one from the second. That doesn't really qualify as a set, so I have yet to finish retouching a couple of them before I post, but it will come.
She's an absolute sweetheart. She's great to work with, she's fun and she's a photographer's dream come true. She comes prepared and whatever is needed to be done, she will take care of it; it could be makeup, hair, styling, you name it!
Since I was inactive for a while, I decided to work with non agency models in town to get back into it. Somehow, I think I will never learn from my mistakes. Following Delvida's shoot, I booked a photography session with a model that I had worked with about 5 years earlier. The model shows up at the studio about half an hour late, makeup is barely done and she's carrying huge bags under her eyes. She says: "I barely slept 3 hours". It seems that she had a party the night before and she has to wake up early to have breakfast with her boyfriend's grandma. No comment...
Anyways, the shoot went to hell and I couldn't get a single clean shot. After an hour of trying, I put an end to the shoot and sent the model home. I did not even bother to look at the pictures, I simply deleted the memory card. Enough said.
After this, I completely reprinted my portfolio and went to see one of the bigger agencies in town here. Finally, I will give myself a chance to get quality models every time I shoot.
I find all this unfortunate because I will probably pass good opportunities to work with good non-agency models, but to be honest with you, my patience is seriously running out and if I'm not paid for it, I would rather give myself the best conditions to get good shots.
Of course, I am looking forward to my upcoming shoots. I have a big project in the works and I would love to see it go through smoothly. I am also looking forward to finishing up my retouching in order to re-book Delvida for another shoot soon!
Oh, one final note... I had a chance to redo my website. Have a look and let me know what you think! www.patricechiniara.com
Patrice
As many of you know, I never made it out to Germany. While I was certainly looking forward to it, things really did not work out the way I intended them to... Then again, they seldom do.
I'm back to shooting on a regular basis, assuming that an average of once every three weeks qualifies as regular. It's much better than last summer and fall, mind you; I must have done a single shooting between May and November.
The fun part is that I finally got to meet Delvida. For some reason, I was under the impression that she didn't care much about my style of photography or my pictures, but I was wrong. Our first shoot together was like courting in a sense that we tried to find common grounds to work with, and the outcome of the pictures is really great. The second shoot with her was also really good. I strongly suggest that you take a look at the pictures on her profile, she started posting some of them.
Ok, before anyone asks why I'm not posting them... I got it into my head that I only wanted to post series. Well, I've retouched 2 pictures from the first shoot and one from the second. That doesn't really qualify as a set, so I have yet to finish retouching a couple of them before I post, but it will come.
She's an absolute sweetheart. She's great to work with, she's fun and she's a photographer's dream come true. She comes prepared and whatever is needed to be done, she will take care of it; it could be makeup, hair, styling, you name it!
Since I was inactive for a while, I decided to work with non agency models in town to get back into it. Somehow, I think I will never learn from my mistakes. Following Delvida's shoot, I booked a photography session with a model that I had worked with about 5 years earlier. The model shows up at the studio about half an hour late, makeup is barely done and she's carrying huge bags under her eyes. She says: "I barely slept 3 hours". It seems that she had a party the night before and she has to wake up early to have breakfast with her boyfriend's grandma. No comment...
Anyways, the shoot went to hell and I couldn't get a single clean shot. After an hour of trying, I put an end to the shoot and sent the model home. I did not even bother to look at the pictures, I simply deleted the memory card. Enough said.
After this, I completely reprinted my portfolio and went to see one of the bigger agencies in town here. Finally, I will give myself a chance to get quality models every time I shoot.
I find all this unfortunate because I will probably pass good opportunities to work with good non-agency models, but to be honest with you, my patience is seriously running out and if I'm not paid for it, I would rather give myself the best conditions to get good shots.
Of course, I am looking forward to my upcoming shoots. I have a big project in the works and I would love to see it go through smoothly. I am also looking forward to finishing up my retouching in order to re-book Delvida for another shoot soon!
Oh, one final note... I had a chance to redo my website. Have a look and let me know what you think!
www.patricechiniara.comPatrice
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Travel to Munich/Germany and updates
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Well, it's been a while since I've travelled and I'm actually looking forward to my trip to Germany. It'll be all work, but I'm hoping I'll have time for some fun, we'll see.
I also haven't shot much lately, I'm looking forward to getting into it upon my return.
Web site has been updated: www.patricechiniara.com
Patrice
I also haven't shot much lately, I'm looking forward to getting into it upon my return.
Web site has been updated: www.patricechiniara.com
Patrice
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Web site update
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I've been working on an update for my web site for a while. The whole site was designed with Adobe Go Live, but the programmed added too much crap in the code. The pages were impossible to load on many browsers, so I had to redesign the whole web site with dreamweaver. I had to cleanup all the code manually and it finally works right.
Have a look and let me know what you think... www.patricechiniara.com
Patrice
Have a look and let me know what you think... www.patricechiniara.com
Patrice
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