Friend or Foe (Glam As You Mix) - T.A.T.U (Guena LG)
Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Genre
Well, I failed at blogging once a week, awesome. Nicole and I are on a break right now. I haven't talked to her in a while so I don't know what's up, but I'm going to give her her space. She'll come around when she's ready, even if neither of us know when that is.
I still haven't gone on a date with that boy, but we talk almost daily. He's adorable, I have a bit of a crush, I'm not going to lie.
I'm moving out in June, I'm nervous and excited. There are so many things I have to prepare. I need to organize all my belongings, I need to get every account associated with me set out and written in my name so I have sole access to it, I need boxes; lots of them, I need money, I need furniture, I need experience.
I'm re-certifying my WSI so I can teach swimming again, I don't know what I'll do with the studio. I might keep it, I might ditch it altogether. The pool will pay me twice as much as the studio does, but having that "double" income would be good. I need to put insurance on my car, unless I live near some damn good transit lines, which I'll have to learn. I haven't got a place picked out yet, but I'm working on it. I've already come across a number of scams, but I think I've found a few legit places that I'm being set up to view. Why does everything have to cost so much money? Fuck.
I'm bored of the studio to be honest. It was nice at first when I was learning and everything, but the rest of the work is so mundane and redundant. I find myself shooting the same poses every session. It's all the same, there's nothing different. I can't develop my more creative side this way at all.
Something interesting came up at work this week. I was practicing a silhouette shot with Larissa and she said something that struck me, and it was totally irrelevant to what I was focusing on. What she said could be applied to really anything and I think I caught a glimpse of exactly how she thinks. "There's nothing saying that the backdrop has to be here, in this specific place". That really made me think, and what she said was true. All we're told is to look at the tracking light, and have the subject there for optimum lighting to illuminate the face for a good exposure and clarity. What if we want a different lighting effect? Since we can't move the light, move the subject. I don't know why nobody ever thought of that before and it's an interesting way to think.
I'm peeved with work as well. Since Christmas, we've slowed down a lot, and so we've been able to take our time in the camera rooms. Now, I know me and I know me pretty well (or so I like to think). I'm a good sales person, I know how to say things and push someone along one direction. I know my prices inside and out, and I know how to manipulate the way I promote things depending on my sale goal. If I'm looking to sell a lot, I'm not going to work bottom up, I'm going top down. I don't show them the cheaper options unless they ask. It works. It's a damn shame I don't make commission because I make the company a decent amount of money. I can go through an entire sale in 10 minutes or less, even with picky and/or seasoned customers. I like to take my time in the camera room and get as many shots as I can. When I have a session, all I'm concerned about is getting the shots. I don't care if the customer has to come back to order because there's no more time left in the appointment. I know they're going to come back feeling good about the session and they'll spend more money because I got a lot of shots and good ones at that. Now suddenly I'm being rushed, my superiors coming into the room saying "Greg hurry up it's been 20 minutes". That makes me seem so unprofessional, like I don't know what I'm doing. I'm still in that camera room because I haven't gotten the shots I need, don't rush me. I can only work as fast as the children (or adults) I'm dealing with. I'm going to have a nice chat with my manager about this issue, and if she doesn't at least try to compromise with me, I'm moving to the southgate location where I know I'll have that kind of support. I'm a good photographer when I'm focused, my boss knows it. If she doesn't like how I conduct my business, I have others who do and I will go to them. Enough said.
I still haven't gone on a date with that boy, but we talk almost daily. He's adorable, I have a bit of a crush, I'm not going to lie.
I'm moving out in June, I'm nervous and excited. There are so many things I have to prepare. I need to organize all my belongings, I need to get every account associated with me set out and written in my name so I have sole access to it, I need boxes; lots of them, I need money, I need furniture, I need experience.
I'm re-certifying my WSI so I can teach swimming again, I don't know what I'll do with the studio. I might keep it, I might ditch it altogether. The pool will pay me twice as much as the studio does, but having that "double" income would be good. I need to put insurance on my car, unless I live near some damn good transit lines, which I'll have to learn. I haven't got a place picked out yet, but I'm working on it. I've already come across a number of scams, but I think I've found a few legit places that I'm being set up to view. Why does everything have to cost so much money? Fuck.
I'm bored of the studio to be honest. It was nice at first when I was learning and everything, but the rest of the work is so mundane and redundant. I find myself shooting the same poses every session. It's all the same, there's nothing different. I can't develop my more creative side this way at all.
Something interesting came up at work this week. I was practicing a silhouette shot with Larissa and she said something that struck me, and it was totally irrelevant to what I was focusing on. What she said could be applied to really anything and I think I caught a glimpse of exactly how she thinks. "There's nothing saying that the backdrop has to be here, in this specific place". That really made me think, and what she said was true. All we're told is to look at the tracking light, and have the subject there for optimum lighting to illuminate the face for a good exposure and clarity. What if we want a different lighting effect? Since we can't move the light, move the subject. I don't know why nobody ever thought of that before and it's an interesting way to think.
I'm peeved with work as well. Since Christmas, we've slowed down a lot, and so we've been able to take our time in the camera rooms. Now, I know me and I know me pretty well (or so I like to think). I'm a good sales person, I know how to say things and push someone along one direction. I know my prices inside and out, and I know how to manipulate the way I promote things depending on my sale goal. If I'm looking to sell a lot, I'm not going to work bottom up, I'm going top down. I don't show them the cheaper options unless they ask. It works. It's a damn shame I don't make commission because I make the company a decent amount of money. I can go through an entire sale in 10 minutes or less, even with picky and/or seasoned customers. I like to take my time in the camera room and get as many shots as I can. When I have a session, all I'm concerned about is getting the shots. I don't care if the customer has to come back to order because there's no more time left in the appointment. I know they're going to come back feeling good about the session and they'll spend more money because I got a lot of shots and good ones at that. Now suddenly I'm being rushed, my superiors coming into the room saying "Greg hurry up it's been 20 minutes". That makes me seem so unprofessional, like I don't know what I'm doing. I'm still in that camera room because I haven't gotten the shots I need, don't rush me. I can only work as fast as the children (or adults) I'm dealing with. I'm going to have a nice chat with my manager about this issue, and if she doesn't at least try to compromise with me, I'm moving to the southgate location where I know I'll have that kind of support. I'm a good photographer when I'm focused, my boss knows it. If she doesn't like how I conduct my business, I have others who do and I will go to them. Enough said.