This last week was crazy! We launched the new, improved website at Metro Pulse. It was a lot of work, but the end product is great!

Yesterday and today, I took some photos for work. Yesterday’s photos were hard for me, they were completely out of my norm. I had to take photos of the coordinator/director of the Knoxville Opera. The guy was great, he has been in the business for a long time, in larger cities, so he is used to the camera. That doesn’t make my job any better.

We were in this huge warehouse, with black curtains around the walls (for sound deadening, I guess). No real props, no costumes. It was close to bad. I think, hope, that I got some usable shots. I saw a few that turned out well.

For some reason, I have the hardest time with people. No matter how comfortable the subject is and no matter how prepared I am. I always feel like I choke. I am never satisfied with myself or the photos. It is a horrible feeling. Maybe I am too hard on myself, I doubt it though. I am just being honest with myself and trying to critique myself to potentially make it better the next time.

Here’s the problem, the next time was today! At the same place! This evening I went back to the Knoxville Opera “warehouse” only this time it was the first rehearsal. Going into this shoot, I already felt a thousand times better. I was supposed to get a more industrial feel to the photos; something I feel I do fairly well. This time I think I did an o.k. job. Ok being the keyword.

I don’t feel like ranting about my own personal failures anymore.

Onto the fun stuff.

While on the walk to the Opera Warehouse, I took the time to take photos of downtown. I know, I know…I have taken a thousand photos downtown. Well, guess what!? I took these in the daytime! This is something I have never done. I always wind up downtown strolling around in the shadows, not this time.

They came out well. I like daytime shots.

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