Comments on: Photograph What You Love http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/ Jason Christopher's fashion photography blog is an instructional and informative blog geared towards all levels of photographers. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Temika Wachsman http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Temika Wachsman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:39:39 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1193 Great idea this, i bookmark your site. Thanks <a href="http://twitter.com/CarmellaMaricle" rel="nofollow">Follow me on Twitter</a> Great idea this, i bookmark your site. Thanks

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]]> By: admin http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 admin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:10:52 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1179 That's a great story Heinz. Very inspirational. Another bit of advice if I may, if you want to do editorial and advertising work you still need to know fashion. Unless you are only talking about shooting product. That’s a great story Heinz. Very inspirational. Another bit of advice if I may, if you want to do editorial and advertising work you still need to know fashion. Unless you are only talking about shooting product.

]]> By: Heinz http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 Heinz Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:56:41 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1154 Hi, Your post is precisely where I fidn myself at the moment. I've been doing photography for around 4 years now and I have done everything from motor racing to events to jewelery to weddings... all the while not being happy with my images. It's not that they weren't good, I actually sold quite a lot of prints but the images just didn't speak to this need inside me to make something... well, else... something wonderful. I've done a lot of self-reflection and thinking over the last year and one day decided to look through all the images I had taken on all the jobs I had done over the years and what struck me was that the images that sold - the images that I thought were my best - were always of people. I loved photographing people and I didn't realize it. It really hit me like a brick. I am a shy person, I don't connect with people easily and yet I find portraiture and fashion photography most appealing. So this year I have changed direction, I am following my heart and I will start off by doing my own self-funded fashion and editorial shoots until I have enough good work to approach magazines and other industries with. Not knowing a lot about fashion might mean I will tend more towards the editorial and/or advertising work, we will see. Thanks for the great article which has put my mind at ease that I am not going crazy. Regards Heinz Hi,

Your post is precisely where I fidn myself at the moment. I’ve been doing photography for around 4 years now and I have done everything from motor racing to events to jewelery to weddings… all the while not being happy with my images. It’s not that they weren’t good, I actually sold quite a lot of prints but the images just didn’t speak to this need inside me to make something… well, else… something wonderful.

I’ve done a lot of self-reflection and thinking over the last year and one day decided to look through all the images I had taken on all the jobs I had done over the years and what struck me was that the images that sold – the images that I thought were my best – were always of people. I loved photographing people and I didn’t realize it. It really hit me like a brick. I am a shy person, I don’t connect with people easily and yet I find portraiture and fashion photography most appealing.

So this year I have changed direction, I am following my heart and I will start off by doing my own self-funded fashion and editorial shoots until I have enough good work to approach magazines and other industries with.

Not knowing a lot about fashion might mean I will tend more towards the
editorial and/or advertising work, we will see.

Thanks for the great article which has put my mind at ease that I am not going crazy.

Regards
Heinz

]]> By: Branding Yourself As A Photographer | Fashion Photography Blog::photography workshops, fashion photography technique with extensive advice and lighting diagrams for every type of photographer. http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Branding Yourself As A Photographer | Fashion Photography Blog::photography workshops, fashion photography technique with extensive advice and lighting diagrams for every type of photographer. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:55:41 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1135 [...] need to get to know and find yourself as a photographer and shoot what you love as noted in this post.   This will become your signature style in which you will be hired for jobs.  My signature [...] [...] need to get to know and find yourself as a photographer and shoot what you love as noted in this post.   This will become your signature style in which you will be hired for jobs.  My signature [...]

]]> By: admin http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 admin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:14:42 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1132 Hi Gabriel ! Man that is awesome to hear ! Don't give up ! You're going to go through tough times but out of the tough times good times come. Trust me, I have been riding this roller coaster for a long time. It will always be a roller coaster. Just hang on tight ! ;-) Hi Gabriel !

Man that is awesome to hear ! Don’t give up ! You’re going to go through tough times but out of the tough times good times come. Trust me, I have been riding this roller coaster for a long time. It will always be a roller coaster. Just hang on tight ! ;-)

]]> By: gabriel buta http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 gabriel buta Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:55:10 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1115 hi , i am trying now to start working with a real fashion photographer as his assistant. i want to be also an fashion photographer and i was also wondering : what if i discover that i don't like it after all...but reading your post really helped me ..:)..there is still hope .:).. thanks man! great posts ..:).. hi ,
i am trying now to start working with a real fashion photographer as his assistant. i want to be also an fashion photographer and i was also wondering : what if i discover that i don’t like it after all…but reading your post really helped me ..:)..there is still hope .:)..

thanks man! great posts ..:)..

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Jason Christopher Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:29:33 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1030 Hi Selena, thank you for the compliment. I love horses too ! I actually went through a period of shooting competitions and I must say that it is not easy at all. OMG these people wouldn't buy any prints if one hoof was out of place or didn't look perfect as it went over the jump. I finally got honest with myself and stopped shooting equestrian lol. I am very happy to hear that I have inspired you. And if I schedule any seminars your way I will be sure to let you know ! Hi Selena, thank you for the compliment.

I love horses too ! I actually went through a period of shooting competitions and I must say that it is not easy at all. OMG these people wouldn’t buy any prints if one hoof was out of place or didn’t look perfect as it went over the jump. I finally got honest with myself and stopped shooting equestrian lol.
I am very happy to hear that I have inspired you. And if I schedule any seminars your way I will be sure to let you know !

]]> By: Selena http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Selena Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:52:26 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1029 Jason- This is a very inspiring post! As a new photographer, it is incredibly liberating to hear someone who has been there, done that, tell you to stick with what you love. My true passion is equestrian competition--as a rider, my goal is to capture the beauty I see and understand between a horse and its rider. Beyond horses, I enjoy art and creating--I'm finding that photography requires complete honesty with yourself --there is so much more to say, but before this becomes a novel--thank you~ I posted a link on my FB group for my photography company. If you do any seminars in the desert (Palm Desert) I would love to know about them. Thanks again, Selena Jason-
This is a very inspiring post! As a new photographer, it is incredibly liberating to hear someone who has been there, done that, tell you to stick with what you love. My true passion is equestrian competition–as a rider, my goal is to capture the beauty I see and understand between a horse and its rider. Beyond horses, I enjoy art and creating–I’m finding that photography requires complete honesty with yourself –there is so much more to say, but before this becomes a novel–thank you~ I posted a link on my FB group for my photography company. If you do any seminars in the desert (Palm Desert) I would love to know about them. Thanks again,
Selena

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Jason Christopher Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1028 Hey Matt ! Good to hear from you. Interesting story you got there. See, that is exactly the point. Just experiment and make mistakes. Eventually you will make what you think is a mistake but after looking at the photo you think it looks amazing ! That is how my signature style using flare happened. It was an accident, broke almost every "rule" of photography but you know what ? Who cares about rules ! If the image looks great and tells a story and or evokes an emotion from the viewer, then I don't care if even David La Chapelle hates it. Screw him ! I have gotten hired because of my signature flare look I can't even count how many times. Thank you for your story Matt ! Hey Matt ! Good to hear from you. Interesting story you got there. See, that is exactly the point. Just experiment and make mistakes. Eventually you will make what you think is a mistake but after looking at the photo you think it looks amazing ! That is how my signature style using flare happened. It was an accident, broke almost every “rule” of photography but you know what ? Who cares about rules ! If the image looks great and tells a story and or evokes an emotion from the viewer, then I don’t care if even David La Chapelle hates it. Screw him ! I have gotten hired because of my signature flare look I can’t even count how many times.
Thank you for your story Matt !

]]> By: Jason Christopher http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2009/12/03/photograph-what-you-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Jason Christopher Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:09:13 +0000 http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/?p=801#comment-1027 You're welcome Marc. Shooting film does bring you back to your roots and causes you to really think about each shot before you press that shutter. What that also does is cause you to slow your mind down and really take in your surroundings and look at your model, I mean REALLY look at your model. Notice the clothes and how the gown flows and moves. You create a connection with your model which equals evocative images. Let me know how your progress is coming along :-) You’re welcome Marc. Shooting film does bring you back to your roots and causes you to really think about each shot before you press that shutter. What that also does is cause you to slow your mind down and really take in your surroundings and look at your model, I mean REALLY look at your model. Notice the clothes and how the gown flows and moves. You create a connection with your model which equals evocative images. Let me know how your progress is coming along :-)

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