i freely admit it: i am terrible when it comes to putting myself out there. don't get me wrong, i'm not one of those photogs that sits around and bitches about how they're one of the great undiscovered talents in photography ... and then never applies for any grants or fellowships or prestigious positions or enters any contests. oh, no - i'm proud of the work that i do, but i'm really good at squashing personal delusions of grandeur. :)
that said, i still suck at putting myself out there and entering contests and networking like crazy and developing and maintaining a brand. i am working on it, but it's baby steps.
a big baby step taken this weekend: i spent, like, three weeks going through the work i've accumulated over the past ten years since my first slr, chose 20 that i thought best represented my style as a still photojournalist (thank you, assorted peers and coworkers, for helping me get through my tilt and motion blur phases ... although there was one tilt and maybe two motion blurs turned in with this "portfolio") ....
.... and applied for the eddie adams workshop.
i know, i think, six people from either the j-school or poynter who have attended the workshop, and they all reported having a super positive, inspiring experience.
so i'm crossing my fingers until july, when judging wraps up ...
and, in the meantime, a public to-do list:
2. get my s**t together with this wedding photography gig. i may be one of the few journo shooters in the world who really, genuinely loooooves to shoot weddings, and i think i'm going to make a go of it.
3. get more involved over at flickr ... maybe even start up a new account with "detephoto" for the username ...
4. new blog header!!
5. enter the memory makers masters competition ...
right on! i'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Posted by: Julia | 11 May 2009 at 07:33 PM