FAMILY: Ethan Goeken
I am putting this under family because I don’t consider this to be work.
A while ago, I was approached by Ky’s brother, Troy, to take pictures of their family. I was very excited at the prospect and grabbed at the chance. He said they wanted to have pictures done outside, somewhere in the mountains. I thought that was fine. He just needed to let me know when and where, and I’d try to work it out. We decided to go to Rocky Mountain National State Park on a Saturday morning.
That was a lot of fun, and the pictures turned out pretty well. So when he called me to have me take some of their three-week-old Ethan, I knew I couldn’t turn him down. I went to the fabric store and got some black fabric and headed over to their house.
Troy wanted a specific type of picture done, so we began there. We worked inside with little light, so it was very difficult to get a good picture. My shutter speed was quite slow, the highest being 1/20 without being TOO dark (although they will all have to be lightened up), and since they’re portraits, I didn’t want my ISO to be anything but 100.
I’m working on getting a photography website up for myself, so I will update with a link as soon as I do. And, if Troy and Suzanne let me, I will have a few of Ethan’s pictures up to showcase what I captured.
WORK: New Business Ideas
I am sick and tired of making money for somebody else. I am ready to start making my own money. There are a few ideas that I’ve come up with, but nothing really super solid. Let me know what you think.
- Photographer – Mostly would love to do landscapes, but I don’t think I could make that much if at all. Portraits would be okay. I’d love to take pictures of pregnant women, babies, and young children mostly. And actually families I think, too. Maybe. The problem here is that I really only have a camera. Don’t even have backdrops. Would need a large investment to get good photos (although could do some shooting in a park or something exclusively until I make enough to invest in equipment). Also want to do gymnastics and maybe other sports.
- Celebration Announcements – I saw this flyer the other day where you could order this pretty paper with your baby’s name and birth date and all these interesting facts about the day they were born and such on it. It’s on really nice paper, I think printed from their own watercolors, and in a frame. I thought this would be a good idea, or something like it. Not sure though.
- Web Design – Okay, I’m really not sure about this one because I don’t feel I have the skills that most employers are looking for. And I don’t do the new hip way of using div tags to layout a page. I do it old school with actual tables. I was thinking that instead of doing something that someone else wants specifically, I could instead make my own template web design site and create as many as I want.
- Greeting Cards – I thought that I could maybe create my own greeting cards for people, both my own cards with my own words and personalized by the customer. And I could combine this with the photography one by taking someone’s picture and offering to create a greeting card with their picture on it.
That’s kind of all I have right now. If you know me (or even if you don’t) and have ANY ideas about what I could do, PLEASE let me know! Or if you have started one of these types of business and have any tips, or have started your own business and have any general tips for me, I would greatly appreciate it.
WORK: Work…work…and more…work
Well, so I’ve been so busy lately, I haven’t had time to write a post. But I’m making the time right now. And I’m going to do so by laying out my busy schedule for you all.
Sunday is my only day off where I get to do anything that I want.
Monday – I work 8am to 5pm, and then I come home and do homework.
Tuesday – I used to work all day, but I think I’ll actually get some time off now. So, as of now, I go to gymnastics class from 10:30am to 12pm and then work from 12:15pm to 5pm. Then I do homework.
Wednesday – Refer to Monday’s schedule.
Thursday – Today I have the day off. I have a gymnastics class in the morning from 10:30am to 12pm. I used to work in the office at the gym from 3:30 to 6:30pm, but not anymore probably for the most part hopefully.
Friday – Refer to Monday and Wednesday’s schedule.
Saturday – (This is the tricky day) Gymnastics class goes from 8am -9am. Work in the gym office from 9am to 12pm. Work at my other job from 12:15pm to 4pm. Go to my parents’ house for dinner. Do homework intermittently if I can.
And that’s my schedule. Sleep isn’t included because I don’t get much. I’m working full time at one job, 3 hours a week at another, I’m taking 4hrs worth of gymnastics classes, and I’m in school 3/4 time. It’s fun but sucks all at once.
