I Learned From That

All photographers face dilemmas, especially when you are just beginning your photography business. How you deal with those dilemmas will determine how successful you are. I recently faced such a dilemma. Imagine you've just finalized all the specifics and you are ready to shoot. I was photographing a hula dancer at Laniakea Beach. The day of my photo shoot it was overcast and the rain was impending. As I stated in a previous blog, in Hawaii, if you don't like the weather just stick around for awhile and it will change. However, this was not going to be the case, the whole state was covered by clouds. Because of my eagerness, and wanting to get the experience from this particular shoot, I decided to move forward as if I were going to complete the session. But I knew if I did, it wouldn't be exactly what I wanted, and I probably would not be satisfied. All of these things were racing through my head and I needed to make a decision. But, I didn't want to rush to judgement. I had scheduled the photo shoot with a professional hula dancer on Thursday but she had overlapping commitments so we rescheduled for the following Tuesday. Because I had little to no experience with photographing models I had to rely on my instinct or should I say better judgement. Fortunately the model I was working with was very flexible and easy to work with. She called me the day of the shoot to inform me it was raining near the location we were going to do the photo shoot. Both of us agreed it would be better to delay the photo session until the following Monday. While listening to a photography podcast recently the photographer that was being interviewed said he waited for 12 years to get the particular photograph he was looking for. Hopefully I wouldn't need to wait that long but I realized that although we would like to shoot regardless of the situation sometimes a little patience make it worth the wait. To see some of the photographs I took please visit my website at www.dannylbaker.com I learned from that.