“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Passion can easily turn into a word that is so often thrown out into the world, uttered by people who seem to have a distinct lack of passion or by people who say it so often, that it loses [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", brooke shaden, career choice, inspiration, life, logic, passionate, passionate about photography, photographer, photography, reasonThe other day I was looking back through my Flickr stream with friends and we all sort of laughed about some of my earlier pictures. Some were pretty comical and didn’t reflect my style at all, while others showed promise and provided a light as to where my style might go. Someone asked me, “Why [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", brooke shaden, flickr, journey, looking back, old photos, path, photography, portfolio, reminiscingMore and more I have been spending my time thinking about business and all of the things that go into it. That is not to say that I have been spending my time less on creativity. I still go out shooting every other day or so, I think of new concepts constantly, and I feel [...]
Ever since I can remember I have always talked about the many ways in which I haven’t changed much from the time I was a child to now that I am an adult. I would say that I have been the same height and weight for ten years, that I have had the same hair [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", artist, definition, description, discovery, examination, growth, inspiration, life, life-changing, photographer, selfSome people forget that a creative person can be a business person too. The best business people are the most creative. There is such a stigma with a creative person taking on a business career that the term “selling out” gets thrown into the mix far too often. If a photographer begins making money off [...]
Tagged art, business, commercial photographer, fine art photographer, money, photography, selling outFirst thing to point out here is the most obvious: I shot a wedding. Second thing to point out here is the most important: I am not a wedding photographer. Third thing I should point out: I don’t want to be a wedding photographer. Okay, now that we have that in the open, let me [...]
Tagged behind the scenes, bride, bridesmaids, brooke shaden, creative photography, fine art photographer, groom, groomsmen, how to, wedding, wedding photographyWhen I moved to Los Angeles I had been doing photography for 2 months. I was not yet convinced that I would pursue it as a career but I knew that it felt like more than a hobby. My first job was at a production company where I was the receptionist. I knew for a [...]
All growing up I was quite the messy child. I heard constantly from my mom, “When are you going to pick your clothes up? They won’t pick themselves up!”, or “Your shoes aren’t going to walk themselves up the stairs”. I can still hear her saying that when I look at my own apartment [...]
Tagged brooke shaden, decisions, inspiration, outlook, perspective, photography, taking charge, taking control over lifeWe all know the feeling of getting negative feedback on a picture. You spend lots of time creating something, you’re proud of it, you show it off, and then BOOM…”I don’t like it” or “I don’t get it” or “I don’t something something something”. It is only fair after all that we get a range [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", alien, behind the scenes, brooke shaden, create, creepy, photograph, surreal photography, surrealismI drove to the beach on a bright and sunny day. It was warm enough to lower my car windows. I zig-zagged through the grand Malibu Canyon, it sounds perfect, right? I came around a corner and was hit with sunlight filtered through fog. It was so beautiful I wished I had a place to [...]