...my bottom is getting tender on me. I got spanked last Saturday. This spanking was intended to have some meaning behind it. A number of things kept me distracted last week, and my housekeeping was less than stellar. Nick was unhappy with that, and we also got into a bit of an argument Saturday night. The details aren't worth going over, but he was pretty pissed and yelled at me for a bit. By the time bedtime rolled around he was over it, but I was still pretty nervous, afraid the fight was going to factor into the spanking and knowing the housework (or lack of) was going to. So when he pulled out the Patty Paddle I was not happy (although let's be honest, very few items would have looked good in his hand at that moment).
After all that nervousness, I got...25 swats. Now if you've read my blog at all, you know that Nick very rarely gets the paddle out for less than 50, and usually 100 is just a good starting point. BUT...25 had me howling! I absolutely could not handle it! And so, wise man that he is, he saw that he'd gotten his point across and stopped there. I thought getting spanked regularly toughened you up!
Anyway, in other news, my camera came! I'm so very, very excited! I've spent some time learning all the bells and whistles, and today I put the word out among my local facebook friends that I'm trying to build a portfolio and offered sessions with complete CDs for pretty cheap. I've already had nine people interested, one girl who wants three sessions for various engagement/wedding related events! Please pray that I can make these pictures something very special for each person and that it will lead to a business for me in the near future. God is providing for us financially every week, and it would just be so awesome if He would use something that I love to help do that!
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Tracy, that happens, I'm glad that Nick read you right.
Otherwise life seems to be moving right along.
Love and warm hugs,
Paul.
Just poping in to say hi. Umm what name are you under in facebook. If you dont knid I will look you up and add you as a friend. If thats ok.
Thanks, Paul. Good to hear from you.
Lynn, if you will search under Angel Brat I think it's the first profile to come up. The profile pic is the same as the profile pic hereon my blog.
Wow, maybe you should change your name to tenderbutt. Hey, do you have any indian in you? It could be your indian name!
HUGS!
grace
Good luck on your photo business. If I might add a few pearls of wisdom that I learned the hard way...
Working 5 jobs at cheap rates doesn't mean you're making more money than if you work 1 job for a lot of money. Put another way, don't expect that by being cheap you'll end up being profitable.
I know it's counter-intuitive, but it is very much true. Releasing your images on disc eliminates an important revenue stream. Once your clients have the images, you'll never see another dime from them. Think in terms of the long haul. Their extended family... three years down the road when they want another print...
Certainly, you have to start somewhere, but if you're figuring you're getting paid to learn, I strongly suggest you do that for free with friends or your own kids. Think very carefully before you under-value yourself.
Learn as much as you can about light. Watch how TV shows and commercials, interviews, movies are lit. Watch the eyes carefully. The shadows. Once you start to look at it, you'll realize that almost everything on TV, or in a magazine ad is backlit in some way, and that means multiple light sources. Analyze available light and artificial light. Think about reflectors. Learn to get your flash off the focal plane of your camera lens by bouncing it off things, or using a remote flash(s). Two lights is a good place to start learning.
Finally, Flickr is a very friendly place to start. Good place to host your images, and a great place to learn from amateurs and pros. Make a nice web page and a pretty blog. That's your billboard, and probably the single most important factor in whether your business will survive.
Plenty of people know how to take pictures. Plenty of people know how to market themselves. Few people know how to do both. If I had to say which was more important, in terms of making money, I would say marketing. You can be the best photographer in the world, but if you don't know how to sell yourself, no one will buy.
Again, good luck.
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