September
Last month was quite a month for me. I think my efforts since July-August started paying dividends - I got a massive jump in earnings. I earnt a total of $27.32 across all sites (!!!!!). Comparatively....(as my below post indicates)....in August I earnt a measely $11.
In terms of goals, that almost got me to me to the $30 mark....which I'm hoping I'll earn in at least one month from now till the end of the year. Let us see what the next few months bring.....although i have a sneaking suspicion I'll be lucky to hit 30 (seasonal demand is decreasing from now till Dec).
Portfolio
Last month I didn't add very many photos to my portfolio. I think one reason is that I worked 2 out of the 4 saturdays....not leaving too much time for photo-taking. I ended up submitting around 5, and only 1 or 2 got accepted at each site. These are the ones that made it:
Training
I was talking to a colleague at work who had recently started getting into photography....and he said he'd joined some Photography courses. After a little enquiry and some research, I ended up deciding to join too - Camera Skills at the Sydney Community College. It's a bit pricey......but I think it's exactly what I need - while I consider my layout/composition to be relatively decent....my technical skills with the camera are shameful. Eight classes of technical photog jargon should get me up to speed in no time!! I may even post some interesting learnings..... :-)
As an aside....I changed the colour theme of the site as a bit of an experiment. What do you reckon? I couldn't get used to the pure white on black....too dark~
ReplyDeleteThis colour theme is definitely better...do let me know some of the tricks you learn in the course but minus the heavy jargon.
ReplyDeleteNice pics!! :o)
lol... the colour theme will take some getting used to... but I'll manage... ;)
ReplyDeleteGood work on the earnings side and have fun in class! looking forward to more discussions about composition and technical stuff.