I was invited by a fellow photographer, Bryan Cole, to tag along and be a second shooter for a photoshoot he was doing this past weekend.  By second shooter, I mean a behind-the-scenes photographer and if time permits, I would be able to get a shot or two in for myself.

It was fun as I’m constantly the primary shooter and never really had anyone shoot a behind-the-scenes footage of me.  So being able to step back and view everything that’s happening on a photoshoot was a very interesting point of view.

We didn’t have any lights or gobos or reflectors with us…just our cameras and the sun, and the sun was burning bright that day.  We were shooting from 1pm to 3pm, where the sun was straight up casting harsh shadows…but it was perfect lighting for shooting in the shade.

I took a bit of a hiatus there to re-evaluate with what I want to do with my photography and where I want to take it (as a business, as a hobby). The answer didn’t hit me until I was a second shooter for a photo shoot this past weekend. I haven’t done a photo shoot in a while and forgotten what it was like to be spontaneously creative and working with the model and lights to make that creative image in my mind a reality.

Although I was a second shooter, I was able to take a few of my own shots. It was invigorating to say the least. The knowledge I have learned from my photography classes and previous photo shoots all started to come back to me and with it came the imagination, the creativity of new shots and different angles, seeing the final image in my mind’s eye sent me on a euphoric high. I was hooked again.

And so, I’m back..with more determination, insights, and clarity in where/how I want to move forward with my photography. I am going to use the rest of this month to put things down on paper, strategize for the upcoming year, and set my lofty goals. I am excited for next year like never been before.

Hmm…what do you see in these clouds?

This was taken at the Temecula Wine Festival a couple of months ago.

Finally got wordpress on my iPhone…now I can post more often and put up photos taken from my iPhone. Here’s one I took a while back, I’ll probably make a polaroid series from this.