Jillian Tree

an aspiring photographer.

Leesa + Matt. January 22, 2011

So, the workshop! It was amazing. Such a good, friendly group of photographers. And we all just sat & tried to absorb as much of what Ray Santana & Kenny Kim were telling us, and not miss a bit. I learned so many awesome tips! After, we went out to apply what we’d learned in a model shoot of a bride & groom. Other than the one I already put up in my previous post, following are my favorite pictures.

Meet Leesa & Matt. Models, not really getting married. They were so much fun though together!

We were at the beautiful Biltmore Hotel in Miami.

One of my favorites:

Meet Leesa: so fierce!

Meet Matt:

Okay, I gotta put up more of Leesa…too beautiful!

Another of my favorites:

So, as we were taking the pictures, we would check out each others, and I felt kinda unhappy with what I was getting. It seemed like all the other photographers in the group had better gear: a better camera body & awesome lenses. The photos on their screens looked better than what I was getting.

It also didn’t help that I had the wrong type of lens for the shoot.

I am a bit happier with my photos now…though still far from being pro photographs! :) But I would really, really like to get some better gear! Okay, sorry, I won’t put you through anymore of my pining for amazing yet expensive lenses (#hinttohubby #bdayscomingup). Moving on.

Feel free to leave comments about the photos, whether ya hate or love them, constructive criticism to help me improve, etc. I appreciate it! :)

 

Workshop Sneak Peek! January 21, 2011

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So on wednesday I went down to Miami for this workshop:

http://store.kennykim.com/Portfolio_Plus_Workshop/Portfolio_Plus/Home.html

It was my first photography workshop, and I was really excited/nervous! And it turned out to be such a great time, and I learned a lot (frantic writing & many pages of notes so that I won’t ever forget!) & met some really cool people there. Kenny Kim & Ray Santana are awesome – so friendly & helpful & caring. Especially loved meeting them, & amazed that Kenny Kim now has my phone number saved on his cell…

crazy.

So as to the sneak peek, I’m putting up a pic of whats to come (soon there’ll be a blog post with my favorite pics) from the workshop:


PS: I just just started a twitter account! follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/JillianTree