The Progression of Being Photoschooled
Over the past several years, I’ve grown in my photographic abilities and learned to shoot a variety of situations. Over the past several months, an increasing number of opportunities have presented themselves which involve being asked to use my photographic skills for a variety of events and some commercial situations.
I’ve decided to turn my serious photo hobby into a part time photo business. I am now operating as Hockley Photography, focusing on event, commercial, and portrait photography based in the Portland metro area. If you’re local and looking for a photographer, drop me a note.
Part of this transition is that my thoughts and blog posts related to general photography will now be found at the Hockley Photography Blog. It will be the same type of content as has been published here, now published under my business umbrella. This will be the last post on Photoschooled.
Some New Photography Links
Over the last couple days I’ve been checking out some new photography blogs and sites - here are a few that I’ve added to my feed reader.
- Hey Girl, Nice Shot - subtitled: it takes more than a camera to go pro. Interesting variety of topics from a part-time photographer.
- Camera Porn - gear envy
- Photopreneur - about the business of photography online
- Musings on Photography - a variety of topics
New Material in Familiar Places
Most photographers have their typical “haunts” where they hang out and shoot a lot of material. For me, because of my interest in railroading, I have shot a lot of material around the train yards and Amtrak depot in my hometown.
Despite the fact I’ve been down there literally hundreds of times, and shot several hundred photos, last week while browsing Flickr I found a shot that someone had taken that was new to me. It was a simple composition looking down the tracks onto the drawbridge while the bridge was open. I’ve used my eyes to look at that same scene a hundred times. How come I never snapped the shutter?
Read more, and see the photo, over at Dogcaught.
