For some reason I become such a weirdo when it comes to asking prominent photographers for help. I don’t get it! They were me at one point in their career so who better to understand?
Maybe it’s a fear of failure or fear of rejection or fear of saying something stupid as-my-jokes-are-oh-so-lost-on-many. Maybe my fear is that as a newbie I will not meet their expectations and they will send me home with my Nikon D70 and the “Maybe you should keep your career options open”, speech.
Whatever it may be its ridiculous! I SERIOUSLY need to get over this! Truth is I’d do anything to assist an awesome photographer! Wash their car, walk the dog…OR maybe I could just open-my-mouth-and-ask! For goodness sake I’m only asking for guidance here not to be the first shooter on a Kim Kardashian spread for Vogue Magazine!
Unfortunately, the side of my brain that wants to act and feel so cool is out of control! It’s possible I could embarrass myself by asking the instructor a stupid question like… I don’t know….” What is an aperture?” alright just joking, I actually know that answer!
The point is that I don’t know everything and I need to embrace that. Often times while trying to-suck-the-information- life out of these master photographers, the convo will be well on its way to lenses and settings and shutter speeds and composition, miles before my brain can process the next sentence after: “Hello, my name is Manda”!
That scares me.
SO the fabulous news for this week, I swallowed the nervous lump, walked out on a limb and offered myself as an assistant to an amazing Wedding Photography couple by the name of Joe and Mirta Barnet. http://www.barnetphotography.com/ They are more than amazing in my eyes! Everything about them I admire and long to be like. Just to gain a better understanding for what it is a photographer really does… would be an uber cool experience. I am set to assist them on a few weddings coming up and I am more than grateful.
I feel so inspired ! so happy !
And all the while this may not be a huge step for mankind- it is a HUGE step for Manda!
So to those of you who haven’t met me….Hello… My name is Fabulous!!
