“hi Moses, do you shoot Photo Booth? There is a job on xx of March, tell me what price you charge”
This is the first “word” with my current “boss” of my photographing business journey.
I am a part time Photo booth ( i think event photographer is better name for me) photographer, i shoot mostly in the wedding and some times birthday parties or company dinner. I had been shoot for more then ten times, well… i think i can call myself a Professional Photo Booth photographer now(syok sendiri).
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| some big boss here in a company dinner |
At first i think it was not hard job, i guess Photo Booth is just something like shooting the moment in the event, but the truth is, i don’t even know what is “photo booth”. After i set a price to my boss, yeah, the business trip started.
Recently watched the movies “The Martian” , Superb movie of all time !
The main actor was followed the Nasa team to Mars for mission, but accidentally the crew left the main actor left alone on Mars and thought he was dead( of cause he won’t). With nothing and limited living supply on Mars, every steps was critical , but as a plant biologist him self(do not forget he is an astronaut too!!), he had to create a farm on Mars to grow plant and survive. The movie shows how a man survive in a tough place with just his own knowledge, without the knowledge , he would dead early.
This movie touched me, it remind me how i was improved in every photo booth session. Every time i shoot, i improved, been complain from my boss’s event agent, to the bride or the families.. but without all the complaints , i won’t improve. and this was the first Photo Booth i ever had on March
IT WAS HELL, with no proper lighting, the shadow are bad, the reflection of the background was bad too, expression are bad, angle are bad, speed were bad, colour were bad , bad bad bad bad bad…
not a nice memory , but at least the bride invite us to eat with them , the food was nice.
After the first attempt of shooting, i am home and quickly study the picture , yes, the poor background picture, by using that every time i shoot with my flash the light bounce back, result of a white over exposed on the two head of the couple.
On the next shoot too, i made the background a lot bigger , it was an indoor company dinner
not bad, just the tone colour on the face are bad, is like they over happy with red face when printed out.
Other then improving on shooting, i had to improve my gear too, so i saved up and changed my lens.
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| Sigma 24-70 F2.8 not a bad lens, but it can't auto focus on nikon D3000-3300 or D5000 - 5200 |
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| my First Nikon professional Lens the holy 24-70mm 2.8G Nano coating lens, no 24-70 can beat it in my opinion. |
Believe me , it makes difference , but still not enough , what if there is a outdoor or overseas shooting? I need something portable and i can use it for anything. So i bought two umbrella , Two more flash, some wireless flash trigger, flash stand , memories card….. sound pricey.
but the result was good, and this were the “improvement” of all Photo Booth i shoot. beginning until the most current shoot.
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| outstation booth in Kelantan |
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| sometime there is some "advantage" |
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| not just a photobooth photographer..but a real event photographer too |
I will continue to improve, because i know there was still more space of improvement on my photographing skills, Keep growing !
