August 30, 2007 by angela.

I have started a new website for my freelance and cowboy photography. It is called Angela Beene Photography, and you can see it here: www.angelabeene.com. It even has a store to purchase prints. Take a look and let me know what you think!

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August 21, 2007 by angela.

I have entered one of my photos into a contest that NYIP is having. The contest is only open to voting until September 9th at 11:59pm. The top 100 photos in each category (based on votes) will progress to the next round. Since I just found out about this…I need your help getting caught up on the voting. If you are interested in voting for my photo, click this link to view and vote. Thank you in advance!!! http://contests.fotki.com:80/nyip/facesinthecrowd/212675641.html

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May 16, 2007 by angela.

Great News…the Professional Photographer magazine is publishing an article on OpLove! In their section titled, “Good Works”, they are running an article about OpLove. I did an interview with the Editor-at-Large yesterday, and he said it will be in the July issue. Please help me spread the word about this article and OpLove.

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May 4, 2007 by angela.

Well, we went on a cruise last week. It was sooooo nice and relaxing. We went to St Thomas, St Martin, and Princess Cays. Here’s a link to some of our cruise pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/adbeene/2007Cruise

I’ll try to start updating this blog more often now that vacation is out of the way. Talk to you later.

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March 21, 2007 by angela.

I was recently asked by someone “What makes a photographer…a professional?” I had to give that a lot of thought to try to phrase it without sounding mean. I think most true professionals would agree with me. I thought I’d post my reply to her: 

“I believe some photography education is good because it can teach you the technical points of photography. But I think the biggest part of being a “pro” is having the photographer’s eye. When I drive down the street, 9 times out of 10, I see something through the camera’s perspective. Does that make sense? It could be a child playing, a leaf floating in the wind, or even trash on the side of the road. I actually see it as if it were a photo I had taken with the camera. My brain automatically zooms in, or converts it to b&w, or whatever.

As far as running it as a business, you do need marketing, management, accounting, and other knowledge. But you have to consider the competition in your area. If you’re in a city where there are lots of photographers, what makes you stand out? Is it just because you’re cheaper, do you have the formal education, do you have an awesome perspective, or do you just have a fancy camera and computer editing skills?

It is amazing to me how many “pros” there are out there, but they can’t actually take a proper photograph. They can take a photo and edit it to look more professional, but can’t actually take it that way! That’s where the education falls in. If you are taking photos in “automatic” mode even half the time, you’ve got a LOT to learn. It’s one thing to see something to take a pic of, but it’s another to actually take the pic and make it look like what you see.”

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