white shirts blue jeans.

My photography has given me a chance to get jobs around the area, including doing the photography for events held at a local art gallery. It's a good time, even though it's not as creative as I would want to be. It's more about documenting the events.

I got an offer to do photos for the senior girls in my sorority. Friday morning I woke up bright and early to head out to Bonita Springs to do the shoot. The only thing I knew was that all the girls would wear jeans and a white t-shirt, plus we are going to the beach. Although I love my sisters, I wasn't sure how fun this shoot was going to be. I was notified last minute that a local alumni of my sorority was in the area and she wanted to come out to the shoot. Needless to say, I was not excited to hear someone else would be taking photos, since photographers ideas often clash during a shoot.

We headed up to Barefoot Beach, a place I never saw before. If you have never been there, you should definitely make the trip. It is pretty much a Florida post card. I was getting pretty excited when I was scoping out the area, since the girls all wore blue jeans and white shirts. The contrast was very appealing to the eye.

The other photographer pulled out her camera. Canon Rebel. Now, I know I haven't done much ranting about how I feel about Canon cameras as opposed to Nikons. Let's just say I think Canons are overpriced and overrated. I have also been around some "photographers" with a Canon that have no idea what they are doing, and they tote around a Canon because it's popular.

Therefore, when the woman took her camera out I had an automatic stigma. The shoot began, and we had the girls do some formal group shots. Then, since the overall attitude of these girls is very playful and fun, I wanted to get some shots of them having a good time-candid in a way. When we started this part of the shoot, the other photographer got flustered. The timing was always off with her photos. She leaned over to me and said, "You can do the action shots. I can do portraits?"

The way I see it is that a good photographer can interact with subjects and go a little further than just portraits.

You know what I say about SOME of these Canon photog's....