Monday, August 24, 2009

Wobbly first steps

One could say that while the mind was willing, the body was unable to move forward with the upstartup project as I originally envisioned it: a blog about up-and-comingphotographers, their project and the issues thatcomeabout from being in that start-up stage in a stalled out economy. As it has played out so far, the economy has propelled me into a photography career I didn't know I wanted to do. And here I am almost a year later with stories to tell of life on the road and questions to ask about how all of you aspiring to full-time photographydom are doing.

Since we left off, I've been second shooter to Sonya Yruel as a wedding photographer a few times as well as first shooting a wedding with her on my team. I also started shoot interiors for real estate in the SF area before the housing market went down in flames. This path brought me to Vancouver in BC, where I am now contracted to a photo studio whose main clients are those in the hospitality industry. I cover Northern California but have spent the last several months in the midwest.