Today, Laura and I drove out to Richmond to take pictures of our friends’ daughter’s birthday party. It was our first “official” birthday party gig that we were asked to take pictures at – and we even brought some business cards so that the other parents could order prints of the pictures. I don’t expect to make money off this engagement really, but I wanted to build some solid experience. Plus, it helps build the portfolio.
The wedding we did last weekend really prepared me for this party – which was much easier. For our first time, I think we did great on the wedding and I have about 1000 or so pictures from that event to turn over to the main photographer [after I do my tweaks, of course…]