Uber cool

So here begins an online journal of where I’m headed. I need to document the detours and pit stops along this mangled and gnarled photographic path. I’m writing to never forget the humble beginnings of my great future and to celebrate my mistakes—I’ve always maintained that making a mistake sooner, rather than later, is always a good thing.

Okay, well, I’ve been working at scouring meetings with prominent photographers around Los Angeles in hopes of gaining a better understanding of what it is they really do. In this vein, I met with Mike Colon (who’s basically the George Washington of wedding photography) last week and things went so much better than I could ever asked for! We chatted for two hours and it’s as if I took a crash course in sheer brilliance…he’s really, really amazing! As I sat in two hours of traffic from the OC back to Los Angeles, I promised myself that one day I would shoot along side him. One day I’m going to hold my own next to an industry great and while my face may never appear on the photographic Mount Rushmore, I’ll be fine with working with such an awesome photographer.

My big news this week is that I’ll be meeting with Ira Lippke tomorrow…yay!! He’s another industry heavy-weight and I’m stoked just to meet him. I’m driving out to his studio in Long Beach, so I hope that everything bodes in my favor. Who knows…maybe I’ll be able to wash his windows, or clean his studio prints. Really, I’d do anything to get my foot in the door.

Tonight I’m off to a Photoshop class. This is week two of ten, so hopefully things will get a little better. Last week my professor called my a ‘numb skull’…I hope he meant it in the nicest of ways ☺