True to my procrastinating nature, I have neglected this poor little blog BADLY! Seems my last post was on July 9th... whoops! Guess I must not have had much to report... now, we all know THAT'S not true! I can't remember what I wrote last blog and if I mentioned the pin up party I shot at my sister in law's house in D.C. I'm just now starting retouches for that shoot. Two gals out of the group are allowing me to use their pics for my portfolio, so once the retouching is finished, I post them onto Potsy's Pin Up Photography on Facebook. My mom also let me do a photo shoot with her when I was out on the east coast. I don't think the two of us have laughed so hard in a long time. Perhaps the wine helped... we tried to get my brother's wife over to enjoy the fun, but I she chickened out. She missed a good time! I had my mom rolling on the floor she was laughing so much. I did manage to get some great poses, despite the hilarities. I tried to recreate several classic pin up art scenes and they turned out quite nice. Unfortunately she won't let me post them to my FB portfolio because she doesn't want EVERYONE we know seeing them, but she said I could use them in a physical portfolio. COOLEST MOM EVER!
Aside from those two time, though, I didn't take anyone else's portraits. I dragged my whole studio cross Canada and the US, thinking I'd have girls lined up to get their picture's taken, but I was sorely mistaken. (Insert frowning Kristy here) Even my hopes for shoots in AK are pretty slim. I thought if I started out with family and friends I could get practice before putting myself out there for strangers... but I may have to start advertising. Thought about placing an ad on Craigslist, but I'm nervous. I feel like I want to build my portfolio more. My husband wants me to do weddings and advertise for that, but I spoke to a photographer friend of mine that does children and baby portraits the other day and she said she had to stop weddings because they were too stressful. I wonder if my ad could say something like: bourgeoning photographer interested in doing weddings at a great cost! Bridezillas and Bitchy Moms need not apply. Who knows, I may just get the quirky kind of clients I'd connect with!
Been toying with the idea of doing a calendar... I offer a calendar shoot as part of my Pin Up experience, but so far, no takers. I MAY have a couple of young ladies interested, but I have not heard from them in a while. Now that my studio is basically paid for, I'd like to start producing some revenue. I think selling a calendar would help. But since I haven't had many of my girl friends take me up on just a regular Pin Up shoot, I find it difficult to believe that any of these women would let me take their pictures and try to sell them in a calendar. I might just bite the bullet and shoot myself for the first edition Bendy Betty calendar. Any comments? My husband doesn't think I can sell a calendar for enough money to make it worth our while, but I don't think he realizes that there is a whole underground subculture DEVOTED to retro and vintage pin up out there! Perhaps I could even donate some to the troops both overseas and in hospitals. Guess it is just a thought from now, but if I want to have a 2011 print, I gotta get started soon. Anyone reading this blog, if you are interested in having your picture in a Retro Pin Up calendar with yoga inspired poses, let me know!!!!
I've gotten back on the yoga horse recently. Took a few classes the last time I was in Anchorage and intend to do so again when I'm back there in early September. In the loft of the cabin is a huge mirror, now on the wall, instead of angled on the floor, that I can use to help properly align myself during home practice. I went on an 8 mile plus bike ride yesterday to me my hubby at a local restaurant. Probably counter productive to eat greasy french fries, but they were DELICIOUS!
No zombie news really. Although I did have somewhat of a zombie dream where I was constantly hiding and on the move. I never actually saw the zombies, but I knew that was what I was running from. (Shiver, shiver) I HATE zombie dreams! OH! I saw a cute t-shirt design submission on threadless.com of a zombie icecream cone chasing a "live" icecream cone as it looked back at it's attacker in fright. Cute, yet absurdly disturbing. Hmmmmm, kinda like me! Just kidding! That isn't how I really think of myself! Hope y'all liked this post. I'll try to be more consistent in future. Also, if I find the time (hah! we'll see!) I'll get photos up of vintage hairstyles and some product reviews. I did say that would be a part of this blog, didn't I???
Until next time. CIAO!
