It's been a while since I posted, and I kept reminding myself to put this up on the blog because it's great news -- Julissa Garcia Guajardo is going to New York for Fashion Week!
I've been procrastinating on announcing it, but, yes, it's official and has been for more than a week. It started with checking the YouTube page and seeing congratulatory messages. I went over to Mally's Facebook page and saw the official announcement:
Announcement from the Mally Beauty Team!!! We just want to thank you ALL again for entering our Makeup Artist Contest! It is so beautiful to see the support and bonding...
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Julissa is a finalist!
Her Candor Studios produced video is a top eight finalist for the Mally makeup artist contest. The winner will be announced January 26th, so please get to voting!
How do you vote? You leave a comment on the link below.
Julissa Garcia -- Finalist!
For good measure, hit the "like" button. I'm not too sure on the rules, but a voter will be chosen at random for a New York trip. Whether you have to subscribe to Mally's YouTube page, I'm not sure.
Anyways, please vote. Send Julissa to New York, and make me a happy filmmaker.
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Julissa messaged me about filming a video for her because she wanted to enter a makeup artist contest. The winner would get flown to New York City for Fashion Week to meet Mally and do some makeup. Julissa and I talked about ideas, and we decided to have her host a tutorial at her husband's office. The original idea was to film the tutorial and splice some video. It had to be under four minutes long, so I wanted to pack a lot of different footage and photos into it.
We filmed the tutorial, and then we filmed an interview a few days later at her house. There was a bit of miscommunication, and Julissa...
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I first talked to Monica when she called me after winning a silent auction. I donated a session and some prints to Julie's school, and Monica bid on the package being familiar with the Smoots who I also photographed. After I learned Monica's last name, I asked her if she was in any relation to Rudy who's in my networking group -- he's her brother-in-law and had referred me to her before.
Small world.
Monica explained to me that she didn't want a simple family portrait to put on her Christmas card. She threw out some ideas, and we planned to talk again. We were under a tighter deadline because...
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I love being a photographer.
I'll admit, I was feeling a little overwhelmed near the end of last year. A part of me was struggling with the business side of photography, and I wasn't making as much as I wanted/needed. I often tell people that photography as a business is difficult because it's not like selling cars or other products you'd see on The Price is Right. Ask 100 random people what they'd pay for a family portrait session, and I'd imagine there'd be a broad range of prices.
And there are the many packages and services. Do you want prints with that? What sizes? Just a CD? How long...
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