Photography Questions Answered
Thanks again for taking the time to stop by our blog. I’m not even sure what this is. This is what happens when you have time to sit down and think during this whole downtime. I hope you and your family are well and weren’t impacted by the whole COVID-19 displacement. For my family it’s been a lot of fun having the kids home, behind able to spend time with them, and even learn a new thing or two about them. I found out that our oldest is a pretty good teacher, he’s helping little brother with Math and English homework and he’s pretty patient. I’ll say this he’s a lot better brother than I was to my sisters at his age (he’s in 6th grade).
For me I’m still doing photography. The state has opened and we’re following all the rules and the mandates they’ve put out there. While we’re still being asked to help with High School Senior portraits for the class of 2020 I’m just being careful with the set ups. We’re still keeping social distancing between my self and the kids and at this time we’re not using our home studio. If you need help with a headshot we’ll be more than happy to go to your location and set up our mobile studio there.
While the outbreak did change the way did things, we were able to pivot during this time and adjust our business model. All of our equipment has been portable for the last few years. We closed our studio because most of our clients wanted us to go to their location and take the photos at their offices / homes when it was convent for them. So if you need something or have an idea please let me know.
While we’ve been a bit slower I decided to produce a few videos here and there just to say hello and talk about things that were on my mind or help answer questions that people had. Everyone has their own way of doing things, I’ve made my share of mistakes and hope newer photographers can escape those pitfalls. In the video I cover a few tips on how to start your photography business no matter where you live. For those that are outside of the the Rio Grande Valley, I’m based in the McAllen / Mission Texas area. I travel as far as Austin and Houston to take care of clients but I try to stick the Hidalgo County Area. My whole goal for the business was to spend more time with my family and stay close to home. Traveling is always fun, but it does take a lot of time out of the week to pack gear and head on out on the road.
The other question I look at is why I switched from Canon to Sony cameras after shooting one for well over twenty years. These are just my opinions and it really depends on the type of work you do. For the last few years I’ve been working mostly in the commercial photography side of things because I wanted to be close to home. So most of my work lately has been corporate headshots taken on location and local events. I’ve taken photos for a TON of local events and many of them are usually set in lower light and I really HATE blinding people with flash so I needed a little bit more help from my camera to shoot in ever changing environments while saving the photo. I’m not a fan of highly polished event photos or pictures where everyone is washed out or squinting because of multiple flashes.
Anyways I hope to keep posting videos Tues and Thursdays here and on the rest of my social media channels. If you have comments or have questions about photography drop me a line. I love helping answer the questions and when things permit I’d love to show some demonstrations using everyday stuff you can find at home or something you can build quickly and cheaply.
Till next time.
Abel.