Right about now you may be thinking “here we go not another photography blog” but hopefully this one will be a little bit different from the other 111 million photography blogs that are out there (according to a quick and dirty non-scientific search in google).
But before we get into the good stuff, it might be worth giving a little bit of background about myself (don’t worry its going to be short).
After completing a PhD in analytical chemistry I worked in the science industry for approximately ten years, but then two weeks from Christmas last year I was told I no longer have a job. In fact, no one at the laboratory I worked at has a job; including my partner who worked for the same company. Our laboratory was closed down as head office had recently purchased another company that better suited the “strategic direction” going into 2012. Suddenly finding ourselves both out of work our immediate thoughts turned to wondering about the usual things like how are we going to pay the mortgage, the car repayments, look after the baby etc, etc. Fortunately the redundancy payouts gave us a bit of a buffer and some time to try and figure out what to do next, which leads me to photography.
I have been an amateur photographer for many years and decided that it was time to brush up on my skills so I enrolled in the Professional Photography course with the New York Institute of Photography (which will be the subject of a future post). With plenty of time on my hands (not really as I am looking after a toddler – stay at home parents deserve a medal, they really do!) I decided to open a small business focusing on portraiture (including babies and toddlers), commercial and corporate photography, and eventually weddings.
So that’s me in a nut shell. Subsequent posts will be about setting up my business and eventually I will post some photography blogs!
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