SullySullivan Photography

Greetings all! The photo attached with this post is from the 1st Annual Southeastern Beard and Mustache competition held in charleston SC. This is an outtake from the shoot, Im not sure quite yet what I want to do with the photos… Im thinking to do a little preview show at my house, sort of like an indie rock art show, good ole’ house party style. Just something low key and super fun for everyone. (so be on the lookout for an update on a secret art show!)
I recently gave my first lecture ever at the Charleston Center for Photography, I want to say thank you to everyone who came out, I spoke about the importance of being an assistant as well as going over a little bit of my work and creative process. Pretty basic stuff, but hopefully informative! The reason I am mentioning this is that in my lecture I talked about making sure you shoot your ideas you are thinking about and always pushing your work forward. Always keeping your work fresh and shooting things that could get you great photos, even if it means spending your own money on renting equipment, paying for models, hair and makeup, stylists, whatever! SHOOT IT! Thats what I did with this beard and mustache competition. This also means not just shooting it just to shoot it but making yourself try new things, new lighting set ups, props, sets, whatever it takes BE CREATIVE! Make yourself try those crazy Ideas you have! The harder you work at something the better results you will have. Who knows, maybe a client will call you one day asking for that style that you did a test shoot with, and boom, you already know how to do it!
Alright, its back to the website updating for me! More news soon! Keep being inspired and push yourselves to new levels of freakin awesomeness!
Let me know if there are any other creative questions you have! Im thinking that maybe once a week on my blog I will answer questions that anyone has about assisting, photography, whatever! Ask away!

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