First Photo Challenge

Time for post number two. I have been giving a lot of thought to what the first contest/photo theme should be. I want it to be less of a competition and more of a place where a variety of people can upload similar yet different photos. So here's my first idea: This is going to be a "self portrait" theme, however, the challenge is to take two portraits of yourself. The first one where you look as you usually do, and the other of you making yourself look as different from the first as possible. This can be achieved by wearing a wig, drawing a mustache on your face, wearing a crazy outfit, it doesn't matter. I'm thinking it will be cool to see the before and afters of everyone's individual photos.

The deadline for this is Sunday, December the 19th. Hopefully we can get some good response for this idea. It sort of came to me randomly, but I think it will be a lot of fun. If you have any questions or if you are ready to submit your two photos, let me know by emailing grahammorrisonphoto@gmail.com. I look forward to receiving your entries, happy shooting!

-Graham

Here's me being entranced by my first ever blog entry.

First post/Introduction.

Today I had a meeting with my former photography teacher, Sarah Baron. I was really happy that she agreed to meet with me, I really value her opinion because she has a pretty impressive background in photography. She suggested that I start a photography blog, which brings me here. I feel like the information I got from our little meeting today was priceless. One thing I am going to try to start doing is paying closer attention to the composition of my photos. We both agreed that this was an area that could stand a little more attention on my part. Overall, I really appreciate her helping me out and agreeing to meet with me in order to better myself as a photographer.

I am really excited for some of my upcoming projects. I had a meeting the other day with a local author, Buchanan Moncure. We are going to be working on a series of press photos that will go along side reviews for his new book of short stories titled, This Was Supposed To Be Simple. I really enjoy working with other local artists because we are really in the same boat. Another friend who I look forward to working with again is Dylan Gilbert. His live performances are incredible, he knows how to entertain a crowd. There's a lot of talent here in Charlotte, young talent especially. I am really lucky to be able to work with so many inspiring and unique individuals.

Okay, that's the end of my first blog entry. I'm 20 years old, you'd think I would have taken part in some sort of blog before now. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I plan on making these posts as interesting and informative as possible. If you need to contact me, please feel free to send an email to grahammorrisonphoto@gmail.com Au revior!

-Graham Morrison