Promoting Myself

I am having a hard time figuring out how to promote myself as a photographer. I don’t even know what to say about my experience. I have done engagement and other events. I even work for free just to get recognize. It is just where do I promote myself as a photographer? Do I mention myself on Facebook or Craigslist?

I have a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI and a Nikon D60. Both cameras are excellent. I use both of them. There are days that I would bring both of them to see the results of the photos that I have taken.

I have done photography for nearly 15 years. I would love a job where I would do photography. At least show off my work. Don’t get me wrong. I do work in photography (Sam’s Club) but that doesn’t show off my talents. I just produce pictures but it is someone else’s work. I want to get people’s attention.

I have experience in film and digital. I’m willing to work around either one of the two things that I am an expert at. I’m just having a hard time where to begin.

Wedding and Aftermath

I went to a family wedding last week (I was the groomsman). It was an OK event.

The wedding was held in Fremont. It was an old church that was there for a long time. What was funny is that outside the church there was a cemetery. It is spooky to hold a wedding with a cemetery creepy nearby.

The reception was in San Jose. I had a good time. There were a few flaws that I did not like. Don’t get me wrong but I love attending a wedding but I don’t feel comfortable fitting into the crowd where people would drink and not be aware that they are having too much.

My experience with alcohol has been worse. I have seen people that I have known that lose control of themselves. It is that if you’re drunk you should be aware of it. You should know how to get out of the situation. At least know who is going to bring you how if you are drunk.

My past events with alcohol I have seen people get drunk in which they say things that they don’t mean to say. Put it this way I have seen my co-workers get drunk and it was a sad thing to see. I have seen people falling down hurting themselves or fighting with someone getting beat up. It is just something that I refuse to do.

I chose not to drink because of those situations. I’m a loner that needs to know my way out of it. If I get stuck into that then I am stranded. Luckily that I know how to get out of situations like that.

December December

I been having hard time posting up a blog. I just don’t know what to talk about. A blog should be a weekly diary for me but I just don’t know if it would be interesting for people to read. I want my blogs to be interested to be read. It is just hard to think of something to post up.

A week left until the semester is over. I could finally oversleep without worrying. Luckily this semester I only had to commute to San Francisco Monday and Wednesday. What suck was that I had to spend the entire day on Monday and commute from San Francisco to Concord on Wednesday. Luckily the car I drove got a good gas mileage.

What is my plans for my break from San Francisco? I want to promote my photography. At least aware people that I am willing to take pictures for them. As of 2010 I only done two events. Both of them turn out to be a great success. I got people that appreciate me that I was willing to do it for them. I want to do this more. I feel that I got people that believe that I could do this kind of work for them. I’m not sure how much I want to charge them. I am willing to do it for no money if that is the cost.