Photography

What Type of Photographer Are You?

Nov 112011

I’ve been listing to a lot of podcasts lately including The Digital Photo Experience by Rick Sammon & Juan Pons as well as some TWiT Photo videos and enjoy hearing the different photographers speak that they have on their shows because it teaches me so much. One thing I’ve noticed is that there are two very different types of photographers, those who are artistic and those who are more technical.

One is not better than the other; it’s just a different way of approaching photography.

For me, I would say that I’m somewhere in the middle, maybe even more technical. I have to make a conscience effort to bring out the artistic side of me, but I find it easy to tinker and play with all kinds of settings. For some photographers, they can look at a scene and instantly know what they want to shoot and how to shoot it, but for me, I have to look walk around and imagine how the end result will look and then take my photo accordingly.

One thing Rick & Juan always say is that you can get too wrapped up in the technical side of things and totally miss a shot. Thankfully, that’s not me. Then there’s an interview with an amazing studio photographer who can do the most magical things with light that evokes such emotion.

I feel fortunate that I fall somewhere in the middle. I enjoy expressing my artistic side, but I’m also geeky and love playing with technical things. I think the trick is to know your equipment and how to use it quickly and then being able to able to use that equipment to create a photograph that makes people “Oooo” and “Ahhh” over it.

A Brief History

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Oct 202011

This past June I realized I needed to lose weight, and, after talking to my sister, I signed up for Weight Watchers Online for Men. I’m in my 40s, stand 5′ 3″ tall and weighed 198 pounds. People who saw me said I didn’t look fat, but the truth is I was obese.

Like many people wanting to lose weight, I had tried a lot of different things, but nothing seemed to work. I had the best success with an online calorie tracking program, but it was difficult to use. When my sister suggested Weight Watchers, I figured it was worth trying, and I’m so glad I did. I love it! Since the middle of June I’ve lost 30 pounds. I still have more to go, but I’m making progress towards my goal.

A lot of people have asked how I’ve done it, and it all comes down to eating fewer calories than you burn. For me, that meant I needed to to stop drinking soda and start drinking water. In the past it wasn’t uncommon for me to drink 3 or 4 cans of soda a day and at night have a “snack” of 3 or 4 bowls of sugary cereal. Yikes!

Between breakfast, lunch and dinner, we’d eat out several times per week, but we stopped that and now eat out just once or twice a week for a special treat. I’ll talk more about giving yourself special treats as rewards for sticking to your goal in a future post.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope my site gives you inspiration to lose weight, take photos and pursue your goals and dreams, and if you have any advice to share, please feel free to reply to any of my posts or contact me directly.

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