Week 10 EOC: Photo Challenge

Sometime taking a normal ordinary photo or self portrait can end up looking plain and just snap shot like, so by using a program like that of Photoshop you can create a more appealing photograph. When doing this type of thing to a photograph you are creating more of a piece of digital art than a photograph, but in this day and age not knowing how to do this kind of thing can actually limit the amount of work you might be able to get in the long run. Photoshop is one of those programs that the more you use it the better you get at it, yet you can always learn new things or ways to use the program. For this self portrait I wanted to show a little of the skill I have in Photoshop. I started by taking a self portrait I took of myself and then cutting myself out of that photograph. After cutting myself out of the photograph I pasted myself into a blank Photoshop file, I then turned the bottom most layer black and added layers on top of the black layer. I then used different smoke brushes to create different patterns of smoke and fire, layering those layers both behind my self portrait and in front of my self portrait. This is a technique that a few photographers have started to use in different types of portrait photography, so for me to make sure I can keep up with those local and non-local photographers who are employing techniques like this to attract new clients I have started to learn some of these techniques as well. I believe that by watching  other photographers and photography studios and seeing what they may be doing to attract new clients I can then learn new techniques as well to keep my competitive edge.

Week 10 EOC: Mission Statements

“I've had a love for photography my entire life; I was one of those kids who took pictures of everything. Dandelions, friends, dead bugs, nothing could escape my lens. Flash forward a few years and it's grown into a full on passion.

Red Feather Photography focuses on the story behind the photo. Starting from a home studio in 2006, iPose Photography has grown into a full time business helping people capture their greatest memories. Today, I operate from a studio in the Historic Haymarket in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Specializing in Children Photography I also has a special place in my heart in capturing High School Seniors. Having the blessed ability to capture and express these special moments is my personal gift to you.

Allowing me to create your story with Red Feather Photography is the highest honor I could receive in my profession.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to telling your story!

-Jacque Haeffner” (http://www.redfeather-photography.com/)

I think that his is a good mission statement for this company called Red Feather photography. The photographer keeps things simple while still giving some background and a brief description of who she is and what she does.

“Eye Revolution is based in Crouch End, North London. Since 1994, we have created thousands of virtual tours for hundreds of clients, viewed by a web audience of millions. But we believe in quality, not just quantity. Eye Revolution is setting the standards of virtual tours across the world. Our passion and skill as photographers is apparent in every tour we create. Virtual tours should never be an inadequate representation of a space – make them good enough and they should enthrall and excite. People living 5,000 miles away could see just how luxurious your hotel is and people just down the road can see how much fun your attraction will be – a virtual tour should be a tool to inspire them to come to you. “ (http://www.eyerevolution.co.uk/about.php)

Here is another example I think is a good mission statement. In this statement the company establishes who they are, what they do, and why to use them. They also go on to give a lot more very good information on the companies about us web page.

Week 9 EOC: Photo Challenge

Legendary Photographers have all found their fame with the type of photograph in which they have chosen to shoot. So the challenge of creating a Self Portrait as if I were a legendary photographer has been a bit of a challenge for me. The first thing I did to start preparing for this shoot was to try and research some famous or legendary photographers self portraits and then to look up professional photographers who shoot the same type of photography in which I shoot to get some inspiration for my own Self Portrait. I wanted to shoot it outdoors, which seems to be the opposite of a lot of famous photographers who have their portraits or self portraits taken indoors in a studio setting in front of a plain light colored backdrop. So I chose to take my self portrait in the great outdoors, my first thought was to go somewhere scenic and take a full body shot sitting on a rock overlooking a vista of some sort. This however began to feel it was more about the location that a self portrait of me. The more scenic landscape plays a part in my photography and so does the urban landscape, so then I thought of a combination of the two a little bit of the urban landscape blurred due to a shallow depth of field and mountains in the background. I also chose to shoot into the sun to capture the sun’s rays as well as a little sun flare. I didn’t want to take the standard looking into the camera portrait either, so I am looking just off camera and I shot from a lower angle to make my presence more dominate in the photograph. I then edited the photograph in both Adobe Lightroom and in Adobe Photoshop to give it a sepia and vintage feel.



Week 9 EOC: Emotional Attachment

I think that for me as a photographer my love for photography started at a very young age and like most photographers there was something that inspired me and captivated me about photographing the natural world. I grew up living in smaller rural areas of Utah and Colorado, working or at least enjoying the time spent on my grandparents farm, as well as, camping and doing all sorts of outdoor activities with my family growing up. Another of the things that inspired me in photography was National Geographic Magazine as well as all of it’s programming on TV. I as always captivated by the people, places, and wildlife featured in each issue and program. That same captivation and motivation still drives me in my passion to capture the natural world. I have always dreamed to travel the world and photograph those peoples, places,animals and plants that were at risk of vanishing from the Earth forever. My driving factor in this was and still is to preserve life in all of its many forms through photographs, so that in the sad and terrible case that one of those life forms vanishes forever we as a human race have a record of it to show our children and their children. This image of a grey wolf in the snow shot by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is one of many like it over the years that have inspired me to become the photographer I am today. It is a goal of mine that through my hard work and continued growth in photography that I will one day become like Joel Sartone and many others and have my own work showcased in the pages of National Geographic magazine. I plan of also becoming like another of my Inspirations Art Wolfe and have my own photographic business that will help to preserve and conserve the planets natural world.

Week 9 BOC: Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is one of those days, just like Black Friday that a shopper can get some amazing deals on different products and services. The only difference between the two days is that on Black Friday a person has to be in the store physically to be able to get the deals; on cyber Monday a person only needs to have access to a computer with an internet connection. For the aspiring or established photographer Cyber Monday can be a great way to stock up on photography supplies or buy that new piece of equipment that they have been waiting to get at a much discounted price. This new piece of equipment could allow the photographer to create new work, or to create new ways to do existing types of work.

For me I would benefit by buying a new lens of two, these would allow me shoot a wider variety of imagery. Being a Wildlife, Landscape, Fine Art, and Environmental photographer buying a lens like this Opteka 650-2600mm High Definition Telephoto lens would allow me to get even more up close and personal with the outdoor subject matter in which I shoot. When photographing wildlife or even plant life in the outdoors you are not always able to get right up to the things in which I shoot so by having a lens like this in my camera bag would allow me to still be able to shoot these longer distance subject bringing them up close in my imagery for the viewers of my work to experience.

Week 8 EOC: Photo Challenge

Combat Photography probably the best way to capture not only life, but history as it happens.

Whenever you watch CNN or read articles in a magazine having to do with war and combat we always get to see what the photographer or videographer see’s through the lens of their camera. So what would it look like if we saw the photographer in the process of taking the photograph? So this is what I wanted to capture in my self portrait. I wanted to show what a photographer might have to use for cover and/ or climb around on, over, or under to be able to capture the best images. The key to photographing any story is to try and tell the whole story with your photographs so often the only way to do this is to be up close and personal with the subject matter you are intending to photograph. So in my photograph I wanted to be down in the wreckage of an old truck to try and make it seem as though I was in a place that might have some conflicts going on. I also wanted to shoot in the evening when the light was starting to fall off to give the photograph a little more depth. This is also why I chose to make it black and white, I feel like the range of tones from black to white better represent the mood in which I was trying to set with the place I chose to photograph in. I feel that sometimes emotional qualities are better represented in black and white rather that color, because sometimes the color can distract the viewer. I shot this photograph with a canon DSLR camera on a tripod using the on camera flash to add just a hint of light to me and the foreground.

Week 8 EOC: What makes a photograph Great?

What makes a photograph great? I think this has to be one of the hardest questions for a photographer to answer. It’s difficult to say what makes a photograph great because each and every person who views it views a photograph differently. The experiences a person has had throughout their life up until the moment in which they view a certain photograph will influence the way that individual person see’s and experiences the photograph. Many photographers will say that the photograph is only great if it has all of the essential elements of design in it, like composition, lighting, form, lines, etc. I think that what Kevin Carter said in response to this question hits the nail on the head; he said, “I think that it is a photograph that asks a question.” I think this is a very true statement, I believe that when a photograph poses a question to the world and to the viewer it becomes something more than just another photograph. I want to make these types of photographs and I suppose most photographers want to do the same. I don’t want to be remembered as just another photographer but rather the photographer that took that one photograph.

“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
― Ansel Adams

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.  ~William Albert Allard, "The Photographic Essay"

Week 7 EOC: Photo Challenge

Throughout the ages in the art world there has been a time when the human body was accepted in its naked form and there have been times in which it has not been publicly or socially accepted. Early painters and sculptors created works of art that in their day were evil and unmoral. Some of these same art pieces are considered today to be some of the world’s greatest pieces of art ever created. Take the above painting by Sandro Botticelli titled “The Birth of Venus” (http://www.paintinghere.com/painting/The_Birth_of_Venus_871.html) this allegorical painting of the goddess Venus emerging from the ocean is one of Botticelli’s greatest works and is a beautiful piece of art. It was many of these pieces of art that also became the inspiration for other works of art. By taking pieces of these paintings people could create scandalous images that were considered the first forms of pornography. When the camera came along there were a few men who saw a way to make a profit recreating these allegorical paintings and then cutting or cropping out all but the most sensual parts of the photograph to make trading cards and magazines. In the movie “Gentleman’s Relish” the story of a painter turned photographer ends up being tricked by his young assistant into doing this very thing. I think that the movie does a good job of capturing how this form of photography came about. This form of photography is also widely spread and in many ways socially accepted in the world today. The Below image is what it might have looked like for someone to crop and take a piece of a painting like "The Birth of Venus" and turn it into a more sensual or provocative piece of art or into something like a trading card.

Week 7 EOC: Adult Content

Pornography and Adult content have been a part of photography from its earliest days, just as it is in today’s society. In the film Gentlemen’s Relish a Artist and Painter is tricked into making this type of photographs from his young assistant. The Assistant convinces the Artist and Photographer to recreate famous paintings, which contain nudity and then the assistant crops the photographs down to show the more erotic poses of the recreated painting that he then turns around and sells. The film is based in the early 1900’s when photography was starting to become its own Art form. I think the movie does show the way pornography came about in photography and is still true to this day in photography. The film also talks about the morals involved when people take these type of photographs, and as a photographer I think that it is very important to know where to draw the line when it comes to your own morals as to what kind of assignments you will be willing to take on. In the marketplace today sex sells and many companies are looking for this type of photograph to promote their product. How you go about taking these types of photographs however is the challenge most photographers will face. I think that as a photographer you can take sexy or sensual styles of photographs without having to fall victim to making pornography.  I think that there is a place for all types and style of Art, however some of those types and style of Art are not for me personally as a photographer.

Week 6 EOC: Photo Challenge

What is a collage? A collage is a collection of stuff put together to represent an individual or an idea. I this challenge it is a collection of my own images representing a small portion of what I shoot and what I enjoy doing as a photographer. My idea behind the number of images was to give the viewer a taste of what I do or can do as a photographer. I wanted to show that I can shoot Architecture, Landscape, Nature and people all in a single collage. I think that putting together a collage like this one is a fun way to showcase my work and my style of photography for others to see. I also think that this collage shows my abilities both in the studio and out on location.

 I used both Photoshop and Lightroom to edit and merge the images together. I first did my editing in Adobe Lightroom which is my preferred first step editing piece of software and then I used Adobe Photoshop to compile the images each image being a separate layer. Adobe Photoshop is also a great tool in editing digital photographs and I use this program after I have finished editing my photographs in Adobe Lightroom for any finishing touches I may need to do that can’t be done in Adobe Lightroom.

Week 6 EOC: How Art has changed me.

From the time I started at the Art Institute of Las Vegas I have been even more inspired by all forms of Art from traditional Art to Photography. I would have to say I think that rather than Art changing me I have changed the way I view all forms of Art. I have come to appreciate different forms of Art more than I used to and I see myself looking deeper into the piece of Art to figure out how it may have been created, the techniques that were used, as well as the mediums involved. I think that the Art of Photography has changed me the most, or I have changed the way I view the world because of my photography. I find myself looking at things with a new perspective shaping everything in my mind in the form of a photograph. I have always been a photographer, but it wasn’t until I came to school to get my degree in photography that I started to see myself as a professional photographer. I came into the program with knowledge of photography and have been able to expound on that knowledge as well as gain new knowledge in photography. I feel that I know have knowledge and skills needed to have and run my own photographic business. I also feel that my skill level has been raised to a whole new level in the time I have been at the Art Institute of Las Vegas. I continue to learn and grow in my knowledge and passion of photography, using that passion and knowledge to create my own works of art that I hope will one day inspire an new generation of photographers with a similar passion for the art of photography to reach out and grasp their own potential in becoming professional photographers in the future.

Week 5 EOC: Photo Challenge

As a photographer I spend a lot of time editing photographs getting them ready for print. While my goal is to capture everything correctly in the camera at the time I shoot it I like most photographers spend time editing my digital photographs making sure they are as close to perfect as I can make them. This is very important for a photographer like me that shoots Fine Art photography. It is important to find way to gain an edge over the competition; this is why I will sometime start the editing process of my images while in the field. Being able to wirelessly send images straight from the camera to a laptop so that it can be viewed in full resolution is one way to make sure I have everything just right in the camera to give me that edge. Not all locations allow for this way of shooting and sometimes weather condition won’t allow for it as well, but I like to be able to see the image in full resolution rather than just depend on the small screen on the back of the camera.

The above photograph is a picture of me making some quick edit to a photograph I was taking in the field. I am often in the great outdoors which I consider to be my office, it is the place I spend most of my time creating the works of art I will be selling in my gallery. One project in which I am working on is photographing the random things in which I find that people have either throw away in the desert of collected and dumped in the desert. Today’s subject happened to be a sofa love seat sitting on the top of large hill surrounded by construction cones and a detour sign. The photograph to me is interesting and can tell many different stories depending on the viewer and their own feeling and interpretation of the subject matter.

Week 4 EOC: Photo Challenge

For this week’s photo challenge we were supposed to get a photograph of ourselves inside a photography store. Now you might be asking yourself why then am I standing at the front doors of a photography store well the reason is that the store was closed and not open yet when I got to the store. I had only one day in which I was able to go and that was on a Sunday which unknown to me at the time Wolfe Camera also known as Ritz Camera did not open there doors until 11:00am on Sunday. I was early and not able to wait around till the store officially opened I took a few shots. I liked the way this one came out for a few reasons, the way you can see inside the store on the left hand side of the photograph, the photographs on the front door, the reflection of the parking lot on the right hand side of the photograph, and lastly the company’s website on the door I would have entered had the store been open. I feel that even though I wasn't able to capture a photograph inside the store I still was able to capture a photograph that could be used for this assignment or even as a promotional advertisement. I have been a long time customer of Ritz Camera in fact I bought my very first 35mm SLR camera from Ritz when I was in high school. I still own it to this day it was a Pentax K1000. I also bought my first digital SLR from Ritz camera, a Pentax K20D. I have bought may products from Ritz Camera over the years and will probably go on to purchase my next camera with them as well.

Week 4 EOC: Plans for photography shopping

For this weeks photo challenge I am planning to go to either Casey's Camera or Wolf Camera to talk to the people in the shop and take my picture in the shop. Wolf Camera is more of a consumer store than a prosumer or professional photo shop. Casey's camera is prosumer and more of a professional photography shop here in Las Vegas. http://www.caseyscamera.com/ is the link to Casey's Camera website and http://www.wolfcamera.com/ is the website for Wolf Camera. I have used both of these shops in the past and will continue to use them in the future.

Week 3 Eoc: You Amazing

Sitting on top of a overlook in the Lake Mead recreation area I watch as the boats splashed by and people laughed and played near the shores edge. As I sat and watched from my vantage point wondering if this was the spot to take my photograph for this weeks assignment I noticed movement from the corner of my eye. turning to look in the direction of the movement I watched as a small coyote trotted over the ridge of the hill just below me and then down the small walk path headed to the lake shore below. I snapped a few photographs as I watched the coyote disappear into the brush along the shoreline. In that moment I realised this was the spot for me.
What makes a spot or photograph amazing, is it the beauty told from the photograph itself or is it the story that accompanies the photograph. While some would or could say this is a boring photograph in someways I suppose they could be correct, but to me it is a photograph that represents a vast area teaming with life from birds, to fish, to people and of course the occasional coyote. I took this photograph near Rocky Point in the Lake Mead recreation area using a second camera set on a tripod with a timer.

Week 3 EOC: My Commitment

There are many different types of photography business’s here in the Las Vegas area. Many of them are strictly portrait or wedding photography businesses; however at Limitless Exposure photography we are a Fine Art, nature, Wildlife and Environmental photographic company. Many photography businesses that specialize in our style of photography usually work only on location and are web based businesses. At Limitless Exposure photography we will be an on location, studio/ gallery and web based company. We will have a strong web based presence for our fine art prints and our stock photography. The studio side of our business will be used for our Fine Art photography and will also serve as a place to construct our prints and art pieces to be showcased in our gallery. Another large portion of our business will be community outreach and involvement. We will work closely with young artists in the community showcasing their work as well as doing seminars and photograph learning events and excursions. Limitless Exposure photography will also work with local businesses, hotels, travel agencies, etc. to provide them with art piece that can be purchased and displayed. Each month our gallery will also host at least one exhibit showcasing a new artist or photographers work. Limitless photography will also be an independent stock photography firm selling or leasing our artwork around the world, rather than using an outside stock photography company. We will also be working with local and national outdoor, nature, or wildlife magazines.

Week 2 EOC: Photo Challenge

Paparazzi a term coined for photographers who tend to hover around celebrity hot spots waiting to catch that perfect photo of a celebrity doing something that the photographer can then turn around and sell to a magazine or newspaper. The term was also given to the photographers because they tend to be like the blood sucking insect from which their name comes from. Personally I do not care for most of these photographers; however there are a few paparazzi that shoot in a more photojournalistic manner still trying to catch the perfect shot of a celebrity or public official yet doing it in a manner that shows that they do have some morals. I can respect the paparazzi photographers that take a photojournalistic or street photography approach to their work. The ones that I really have an issue with are the ones who go out of their way to invade someone privacy and take the photographs that they then try to sell for profit.

It is along these lines that I chose to shoot my above picture of a paparazzi photographer, from my perspective this is all that you would see in most cases if you were a celebrity being hounded by the paparazzi. I wanted to shoot a shallow depth of field so that the lens was the main thing in focus and the camera body and photographer which is me would fall out of focus. The shot is cropped tightly so that the focus is on the in your face attitude of the camera lens. The image is a reflection of myself and my camera in a mirror, shot with a 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 macro lens. I also used and on camera flash to light the photograph and give the spots on the lens to make it appear as if there were other cameras and flashes going off at the same time as I was taking the photograph.



Week 2 EOC: La Dolce Vita

The film La Dolce Vita is about a "Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer. Written by Jeff Lewis" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/plotsummary)

 From what we were able to watch of the movie in class today I believe showcased what it is and was to be a paparazzi photographer in the 1960's. I think it also holds some relevance to today's paparazzi and how they act and are stereotyped.  We watched one scene from the movie where the paparazzi were chasing the American celebrity down a small road crazily trying to capture that image of her for whatever publication they happen to be working for. That scene for me brought back memories for the car chase from paparazzi that killed Princess Diana a few years ago. Another scene that we watched had the female American movie star sitting in a room full of photographers and press reporters asking questions and snapping photographs as she flirted and moved around the room answering those questions. In that particular scene she reminded me of how many of the celebrities today act in front of the press when they know they are being photographed or filmed and are wanting the attention, Paris Hilton is a prime example of that behavior. All in all there are many scenes within the film that relate to today as well as what was going on back then.

In looking up reviews on this movie there are a lot of mixed reviews about the film itself, somewhere good, some were bad and most of them you could tell were very bias. The following are excerpts of some persons reviews of the film.

Complex And Rambling, 22 May 2009
Author: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas
Mostly because of the terrific high contrast, B&W visuals, and the evocative music, this is the only Fellini film I have seen that I have somewhat enjoyed. I recommend it, but not without reservations. It's a complex film with many textured layers of meaning. And, in typical Fellini fashion, it rambles and it meanders. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/reviews)

A sprawling epic satire on what Fellini considered the spiritual malaise of modern society…, 12 August 2005
Author: ironside (robertfrangie@hotmail.com) from Mexico
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Long considered a major filmmaker, Federico Fellini established his reputation through an insistence on the interest-value of his own fantastic and idiosyncratic vision of the world… In so doing, however, he repeatedly lays himself open to charges of egomania, self-indulgence and superficiality; certainly much of his work, if visually extraordinary, is hyperbolic, naïve and incoherent…

I'm with 'The Emperor', 16 July 2005
Author: Slocum from United States
For this film to work, it seems to me that it has to be able to seduce you. You have to feel the appeal of the 'sweet life'. But I found nothing that did that--the homes of the 'rich' seem pretty mundane and tattered and the party guests not particularly attractive or witty. Nothing glitzy or fabulous. And Anita Ekberg? She seems less like a free spirit than someone trying to fake it. Has there ever been a scene performing musicians that were more obviously not actually playing their instruments than the band in the Rock and Roll dance scene? The aliens in the 'Star Wars' bar scene were much more convincing. I found myself trying to figure out if it was *supposed* to look fake and ridiculous--and had to conclude that it wasn't.

Week 1 EOC: Constructed Self Portrait

The above image is a constructed photograph of a self portrait I created of myself, using a self portrait I have taken of myself and a photograph of one of my favorite photographers. The photographer that I chose to use for this particular assignment is Art Wolfe. Art Wolfe has been a wildlife and conservation photographer from more than 30 years. He has photographed on almost every continent, photographing wildlife, people and the environment. He has a home base in Seattle, Washington. Art Wolfe also has his own photography and conservation television series on PBS called “Art Wolfe travels to the edge.”Art Wolfe has also been a photographer for National Geographic and is an elite member of Canon’s “Explorers of light.”Art has a long list of memberships and awards he has won over the years.  Art has also published over 60 photography books from his travels around the world. As a photographer I have been inspired by Art’s work for many years now and have done a lot of research on his photographic style and business model which I plan to use as a model to develop my own business model.

You can find the about image on his website at www.artwolfe.com as well as on http://www.josephsaxton.com/artwolfe which is where I acquired the image for this assignment.

I used Photoshop to create this image by combining both my self portrait and Art’s photograph. I first to my image and cut out my image and then pasted it into the photograph by Art Wolfe, I then made myself somewhat transparent using the opacity bar. The purpose of this was to showcase the beautiful image taken by Art Wolfe while still including myself in the image. I also used layers and selective layering to try and blend the two images together a little better.

Week 1 EOC: Stallions not Unicorns

As a professional photographer I plan to pursue a business in conservation photography, photographing subjects such as people, places, animals and the environment. Inspired by photographers like that of Art Wolfe and it is after his business model I will be following and using as a guide. Art Wolfe has been in the business for 30+ years and has seen a great deal of success in his business even in the current economic times.

As a documentary photographer giving voice to the endangered things of the world that may not be able to have a voice of their own. I will travel the world to document the beauty of the natural world and all that is in it. I will be documenting a wide range of subjects and subject matter, which will one day be able to be used to show generations to come what the world once looked like. I plan on also having a large stock photography collection that can be bought or leased for a variety of different things. Going along with this stock collection I will also have a collection of prints available for sale. Another part of my business will be teaching thru workshops and/ or seminars.

            As I start out it will be myself and my wife running the business, as I grow my business I will eventually get to the point I will need a couple assistants and a couple of photographers to help assist me with photo shoots, lectures, seminars, and travel workshops.

Week 1 My Voice

I am a freelance photographer who specializes in landscape, nature and life's little moments. I am also in the process of starting a studio to be able to shoot portraits, still life, food, and a variety of other things in a controlled environment. I have also shot weddings and other events. My passion for photography started at a young age watching programs like National Geographic and reading the magazines, or looking at all the photographs. I also grew up in the outdoors and have a passion for preserving the outdoors for others to see and admire as well. It is my goal to one day work for National Geographic. A photograph documents a moment in time, that moment can be something like a couple’s wedding or a never before seen animal or plant. As a photographer my goal is to help others see things in nature or themselves in a way they have not been able to before. As a freelance photographer I plan on working for National Geographic and when I’m not traveling the world I will be working for myself in my own studio.