Hi planet Earth,
Now I know some of you might have prepared a really strong, very moving piece for me. A eulogy like no other. But I’m still here. Just been ‘under construction’ for way longer than I thought I would. I’ve been out of commission and I have alibis.
I’ll try and make this not too arduous a read (though I am notoriously known for doing just that).
This is what’s going on with me.
So in our last episode you saw me get a job as the sales manager and photographer for the brave new magazine named ‘Curacao Journal’. There were setbacks with that, and suffice it to say that that didn’t pan out. So, in other words I am now unemployed and just doing freelance photography. That’s a tough racket, I know. Oh, I know.
But I’m going to tough this one out. I’m going to keep hammering away and tinkering away at my new toys, which include my new camera, lenses and lights. I’ll be ordering up odds and ends to complete and round up my toolbox and toughing it out.
My work.
Right now I’m in the process of practicing with lights. Which is a long winding road, but I traverse it bravely armed with hope and a fistful of boomsticks. But it’s coming along steadily. For now I should have a series of little shoots with a high influence by yours truly. Nothing too complicated. Just practice.
Injecting creativity into the aesthetics tight now before I even dare to throw in some symbolism or easter egg or anything else. And therein lies a dilemma.
I have to get a team together to be able to do the kind of work I want to do, and now that my toolbox has gotten a big upgrade, it’s time to stop doing the whole Wolverine act for a bit, and setup the X-Men.
So right now I have a makeup artist that I’m trying out, with a potential second. A hair person waiting in the wings so we can have our first test together. And I am currently hard at work at hooking up with a designer or someone who is skillful in that area to be my wardrobe person, and I’m dialoguing back and forth with them as we speak.
My next shoot is lined up, all we still need is wardrobe, but the concept is complete and it should be a hoot. :)
I intend on doing plenty of little shoots in the coming months, trying out my lights and showing all of you the bold and beautiful new face of my craft. So here’s to succeeding with flying colors. Cheers!
I also intend to make my triumphant return to Aruba after about 2 years of not shooting there, I would like to make it down in the next couple of months, and from there on to make frequent returns to the happy island. So all of you Arubans out there, keep your radars on ‘scan’ for when I announce that.
And last but not least, this may be old news to some, but I did my first shoot with lights a few weeks back, which was a collaboration with “the makeup artist Beth” on a little something she cooked up in honor of the ‘Breast cancer awareness’ month. She had this concept where she wanted to create a pink warrior to represent the strength inherent in all these women going through the tragedy and travesty that is breast cancer. So she went and found herself a model, painted her in, and I took some pictures. The results of which you can see in the last couple of posts I made here in my blog. Enjoy!
I’ll try not to leave you guys hanging so much in the future.
