{"id":25191,"date":"2019-08-10T22:31:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T03:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=25191"},"modified":"2020-08-11T22:18:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T03:18:57","slug":"it-all-started-with-sarah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=25191","title":{"rendered":"It all started with Sarah . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sarah, Columbus Ohio. August 10, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thirteen years ago I was looking through some of my images and decided my portrait photography was lacking. That is when I got the bright idea of working with a professional model.<\/p>\n\n\n

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That is when I found Sarah. I contacted her and told her I wanted to schedule her for a photo shoot “some time in the future.” She said “Why not book a shoot now?” I told her I wasn’t ready yet. I needed to practice photographing some “amateur models” first to improve my skills. She said “You will improve faster if you work with me now.” That made a lot of sense so I scheduled two shoots, one for August 10 and a second on August 15. I booked two shoots so if the first shoot didn’t go well I would have a second chance to do things better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was hugely nervous the day of the shoot. I wanted things to go well. As it turned out I created some really bad looking images on that first shoot, but some good ones too. The photo above was created on that first shoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only did Sarah and I work together, she sent other quality models my way (and she also clued me in on the models I should avoid). I learned a lot. On fact, a whole lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also started reading books and articles on portrait, beauty, and glamour photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew I was making progress when Sarah contacted me one day and said “Tiana is coming to Ohio. You have<\/em> to work with her when she is here. She is an amazing<\/em> model. Do whatever you have to do to make this happen. You have<\/em> to work with her.” So I booked a day with Tiana. But just as important, Sarah had decided I had come far enough in my skills to work with a first class traveling model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah is not only the first professional model it was my happy privilege to work with, she is certainly one of the best. I am a better portrait photographer today than I was thirteen years ago, and Sarah and the other models she sent my way deserve a lot of the credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year when August 10 rolls around I think about our first photo shoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks, Sarah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah: Nine Years Ago This Evening<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

POTD: Tiana Outdoors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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