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Our Photography Journal: Day 16 : Celebrity Event *** The Big Lesson***

We are telling our story of how we entered into this photography journey and how things began for us……

Our Story

The Year :2007

************The Big Lesson! *****************

So your girl got a referral from one of her clients and this project /event was a celebrity weekend event immediately I became nervous and scared and told the client I’m an amateur and that I’m not qualified to do this. He convinced me that I had a camera and knew how to take pictures I would be fine.

Ok challenge accepted

Called up my good friend and she became my photo assistant 😊

1st event

Charity fundraiser

Went around snapped photos tried to get what I could and he had me captured a few with people

1st night down 2 more to go

2nd day bowling charity event

Once again snapping pictures all around

Was able to capture a few of Atlanta celebrities…

Ok great we good.

3rd event pool party… ok this one got canceled due to the parking challenges being at a private home.

So we cleaned up the images burned them to a disc and scheduled a meet time.

Okay we’ll everything was good we met I gave him the disc he gave me the check for my services I cashed the checked immediately paid my assistant

And we good…. Until we were not Received phone call from client he started they would be canceling the check….

1st Night Event

1st Night Event

Bowling Charity Event

Bowling Charity Event


I’m like huh what??!!!

Yep canceling the check because my images they could not use…

So there you have it… I did 2 back to back days of services with an assistant and got paid $0

Canceled Check

Canceled Check

I was livid upset angry 😡 why would someone do that to me…

So after processing this awful experience I prayed about it and after that the spirit gave me the words to follow up in an email.

In my email I explained to him that I did the work he ask me to do and I told him that before you hired me I was an amateur and you move forward to take a chance on me anyways so for that alone I should be compensated.


It was then what he said next that changed everything for me… he told me my pictures weren’t bad… it was that I had too many images of the backs of peoples heads they would not be able to use those images in their magazine.

AHHHH HAAAAA Moment!

The Big Lesson was in this critique of the work I did for him .

1st thing because I was shy I was too afraid to walk up in people and ask for a picture or even take one.

It was easier to just shoot a bunch of images from a distance since I’m delivering you hundreds of images I know you can get what you need out of those images

2nd the quality of images you needed for your event.

I didn’t understand the need of the images for the assignment. Being that all this is new to me I really didn’t know how to properly capture an event.

Between being shy and lack of knowledge

Landed me with one of the biggest lessons in my journey.

So after our email exchange he then told me I was right and to call there Dallas office and have another check sent to me.

Lesson for me was.... After this fiasco I knew to capture images that people can use. Images that if needed for a magazine they would be quality

I also learned to be more assertive, you are in this business you are going to have to deal with people you cannot be shy, you just be kind and ask for the shot.

So moving forward in the special event space, I strive to give you the best quality images for your event capturing details candid and posed images. All that you will be able to use whether in a magazine on your website or marketing materials This lesson here taught me to be better and capture great images!

It's Our Anniversary

15 years and counting...

Kustom Kreation Photography

www.kustomkreations4u.com

Our Photography Journal: Day 10 : Little League Sports Photographer

We are telling our story of how we entered into this photography journey and how things began for us……

Our Story!

The Year 2007!

Take me out to the ball game
Take me out to the crowd buy me some peanuts and cracker Jacks… I don’t care if I ever come back…
The year was 2007!

and guess what my son played baseball and because I’m an everything photographer I’ve now become a little league sports photographer 

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Hey team I’m taking the kids pictures at all the games and if you let me I’ll take their individual sports pictures. Now how to package up and sell was a different thing. So the way that I was able to share images of these action photos of each of the games is.. I created slide show videos of each of the games and the parents paid for the disc.

Oh they were nice ! Using the latest hip hop music instrumentals “this is why I’m hot” and my videos sold like hot cakes to the parents…. Oh this camera thing is what’s happening. I’m capturing awesome photos and selling DVD slide show disc of each game!

It’s Our Anniversary!
15 years and counting…

Kustom Kreation Photography
www.Kustomkreations4u.com