It’s now a little over 12 months since I decided to embark on this journey and take my photography a lot further. That must make it time to pause and reflect on the progress I’ve made and consider the next step in the journey ahead of me.
So, where was I a year ago?
I was riding high on the back of my first studio shoot, had just bought myself a set of Elinchrom D-Lite4’s and booked myself onto an Advanced Lighting Course with Adam Duckworth, courtesy of theFlashCentre.com. I was frantically scurrying around with little thought to where I wanted to end up or the direction I was heading. I was investing every spare moment of my time absorbing all things photographic whether it be equipment, techniques, post processing. One thing was for certain though – I seriously didn’t want to end up with egg on my face when on the course. I needed to know how to sound like I knew what I was talking about, how to communicate with a model but most of all, how to fit in.
Above all else, I was driven forwards by the excitement of something new. Something that I really wanted to make a success of.
I was scared too. I didn’t know if this was for me. I didn’t know if I’d be any good. I didn’t know how on earth to go about it either.
I’m glad I did though and this is the first chapter… Continue reading Squirrels just don’t do it for me anymore… »
