I LOVE my team!
HAPPY Friday and have an AWESOME weekend!
Enjoy!
LOVEe
The Keepers are:
Brock Davis: Ad Man Taja Will: Dancer Monica Haller: Photographer / Writer Toki Wright: MC Randy Reyes: Actor Ethan Rutherford: Writer Max Lohrbach: Fashion Designer Mo Perry: Actor
Check out the full issue on news stands now!!
LOVEe
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I am SUPER excited to share with you all the launch of my first book!!
It's been on my goal list for a while now to create a coffee table book and it really started out as a personal project for myself. I am a huge believer in creating something with your images. When we live in an age of computers and iphones, every image seems to stay on a machine. I love prints, canvas, albums and - alas - books! As I started talking about this project, I started noticing an interesting response...people actually wanted to see it!
The [Film] Book features images from my film cameras over the last year. You all know how passionate I am about film, so this is very special to me! I also wanted to share my thoughts in the book so I chose to do so through quotes. I'm a big quote-girl, if you couldn't tell, and I thought there was no better way to inspire than to use references that you can take with you on a daily basis!
So, without further adieu...
I present to you...
The [Film] Book
LOVEe
I feel like we have accomplished SO much, yet we are just beginning! There are SO many big things that I have in store and want to do that I also feel like I haven't even made a dent in my goal list! This year, I made my resolutions on my birthday instead of waiting until new years! I've already crossed some things off of that list and I am feeling better than ever about where this next year is going!
With that said, my ultimate goal for 2010 is to give back. I've discovered that I have developed a real desire and passion to reach out and help other photographers and business owners! I absolutely love meeting and inspiring artists who want to take their work to the next level, so they can truly live the lifestyle they always wanted. It's much more than being a good technical shooter, editing techniques and having a fancy blog. It's ultimately more about you. I am thrilled to be guest speaking at the first-ever JNP Workshop at the end of January and I can't wait to bring the ROCK! (There are only a few spots left!) I also launched LOVEe Consults a month ago and so far it has received QUITE a big response! I am super excited to make this official and begin spreading the love!
This post isn't meant to be like, "Hey! Sign up for my one-on-one consults", but rather to push the blog reader who has been waiting to take the plunge! I read a quote in a book I'm currently reading that hits home: True vision leads to commitment rather than compliance, confidence rather than caution.
My challenge to all of you out there who have been making excuses, playing it safe and 'waiting for the right time' to make your dream come true is to STOP waiting. With this mentality, there is never going to be a perfect time. I challenge you to take the plunge - or even the little baby steps - to make your dreams come true. I GUARANTEE you that once you commit to those decisions, you will feel safe, determine and driven to make those visions a reality. Failure is not an option. You will succeed.
So, do it. Make yourself feel uncomfortable and you will accomplish more than you ever thought possible! It's not only the beginning of the new year, but also a new decade....there is no better time than NOW to live your dreams!
If you are thinking about signing up for a LOVEe Consult, visit this page for more information!
If you are REALLY serious about living your dream, click here to download the FULL LOVEe CONSULTS PDF!
And if you are READY to take everything to the next level, e-mail me to sign up!
eliesa@photogen-inc.com
Please join me in a CHEERS to 2010!
Happy New Year!
LOVEe
Also...take note of the props my cat gave me for graduating high school....
Cheers!
Happy Wednesday!
LOVEe
I got a couple rolls of film back from my awesome lab and holy shit. Literally, holy shit. I know I say it again and again, but THE thing that fires me up the most about photography is film. It's raw, its real and many times it is the perfect little mistakes that make the most stunning images. It's also a process, which I love. There is no instant gratification, so it constantly teaches me to be patient with my art and passion. It reminds me to wait for the moment and think about what I am going to choose to use that valuable frame to capture.
Some people might argue, "Well Eliesa, you can be just as selective with digital photography." I argue no. It's a totally different medium of photography in my book. Is it better or worse than film? That is not the question. I don't think digital photography is better or worse than film photography, I simply think it is different.
I am obviously a big digital shooter and 90% of the work I do pump out is from my digital cameras, which argues another question, "If you love film so much, why don't you just shoot film?" The truth of the matter is, film is sacred to me. It holds a very special place in my heart and brings me back to my roots in photography and why I am a photographer. My film images are very personal to me, which is why I choose to save that for my personal projects/images and not for 'work'. Sometimes I bring my film cameras to weddings, because I feel inspired to, and I would love to shoot some film for an editorial spread sometime, because I think it is inspiring. However, for the most part, film is my escape in the busy world of photography that I LOVE to live in!
The image below is of Brandon and I am completely taken back by it! It speaks to me on so many different levels and it is absolutely perfect, in my opinion.
**AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION**
Does it speak to you? What are your thoughts?
Enjoy!
LOVEe
I hope everyone is having a very merry holiday season!
LOVEe
This could possibly be one of my favorite images that I've ever taken. Please, enjoy!
LOVEe
~ Coco Chanel
This is an out take from a little shoot I did today for the oh-so-lovely Joynoelle. For some reason, I am totally digging this image.
LOVEe
I'm a photographer, not a book keeper. And I made the AWESOME decision to hire a book keeper this year; however, that didn't void me of my previous responsibilities to keep up with creating general invoices this past year! I LOOOOOVE my new book keeper - I mean, he really is going to help me SO much, but I have learned a few things...
1) Thus far, my process for tracking my deposits sucked. I'm now going to be a ROCKSTAR at this!
2) Invoices don't create themselves, Eliesa. Hence, the last 18 hours of me making calls to my bank wondering what check that was...
3) PC Quickbooks is much easier than MAC Quickbooks
4) If any of you photographers are thinking about getting Shoot Q...it really IS amazing and I highly recommend it, but it is a bitch if you get it in the middle of the year and it places deposits double in Quickbooks.
5) I now understand why Judd was so, incredibly frustrated with me ;0)
On the GOOD side of things:
1) I learned
2) I learned
3) I learned
4) I learned
5) I learned
6) I'm going to be a MUCH better business owner because of it!
The moral of the story is to not be afraid of things. Owning a business and keeping track of all your receipts, invoices, payments and clients is a LOT to remember. Yet, if you want to do this, you best learn to embrace the process. I highly recommend hiring someone to take care of the things you that are not your forte (like my lovely book keeper who will save my life from this point on) - so you can do what you do best - take photographs.
It's all a part of Livin' the DREAM!
