Belle Photos

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• 1 Mark T. Urrutia // Jul 19, 2006 at 11:34 pm

  So, hey… Fist off, I wanted to say your photography and Photoshop (if that’s what you use) skills are amazing. I am really into photography, well, I love doing it, but know nothing technically about it, really. I own a Canon Rebel but am looking to upgrade before my mission. I really want to and am going to take a digital SLR on my mission. But anyways, I was just wondering what kind of camera/filters/lenses you have, ha. I think photography is amazing; I have never taken a class. But to me, I think, it’s an art that can come naturally regardless of ones education. Put also, I wanted to let you know that your pictures are so captivatingly and creatively genius. Well email me xmrzogsx@gmail.com it would be sweet to get to know and learn from you. Thanks.

• 2 daniel // Jul 21, 2006 at 2:23 pm

  Hi, Mark. Thank you for your comment. I’d recommend taking the digital slr on the ol’ mish. I wish I had the foresight to bring such a nice camera when I was in France for my two years. All the photos I have from that time seem very ’snapshotish’, which I believe to be somewhat of a small tragedy.

  As for the type of camera and lens I use, here is the short list:
  canon 20d, 50mm 1.4, and I don’t really use any filters. As you can tell, much of the work I do is in photoshop, or the digital manipulator 4000, as I like to call it.

  I also agree about photography coming naturally to some folks. One day I just picked up a camera and bam, instant hobby for life. I think the technical stuff will take awhile to learn, but if there’s some natural talent already there, it can go a long way towards developing the type of photos you’d want to take.

  Thanks again for the kind words, and best of luck on your mission, Mark.

• 3 jenny vorwaller // Aug 1, 2006 at 10:19 am

  cooool! this “type here” box :)

  ok, my comment is not as long, just wanted to say,
  *WOW* :)

• 4 daniel // Aug 2, 2006 at 7:29 am

  Jenny you so crazy.

  I’m so impressed with your photos and your paintings of Tuscany! Thank you for taking the time to document your days there for the rest of us to follow. It’s pure bliss to see Tuscany through your eyes and your writings.

  I don’t want to sound too presumptuous, but if you’d ever like to trade a photo of mine for one of your Tuscany paintings, please let me know :-) It’s an open invitation, so if there’s nothing of mine that you like now, maybe later on there will be. I can’t wait to see more of your work from your time there.

• 5 Noelle Murray // Oct 6, 2006 at 12:14 am

  Daniel,
  I just graduated from BYU-Idaho with a BFA in Photography and I LOVE photography. How did you get to be so talented? I feel I am pretty good after 4 years of classes and some outside experience, but I have to admitt that I am a little intimidated by how good your work is!
  My husband and I just moved down to Provo from Rexburg and I have been looking for some kind of photography position but am scared to put myself out there… any advice or leads?
  Thanks for the inspiration,
  Noelle Murray

• 6 daniel // Nov 16, 2006 at 7:27 am

  Hi Noelle,

  Thank you for your comment and kind remarks. I made a mental note to respond to your comment, and apparently, my mental notes aren’t what they use to be. My bad on the delay.

  Congrats on the graduation! My cousin goes to BYU-Idaho, and he’s loving it there.

  “I have been looking for some kind of photography position but am scared to put myself out there… any advice or leads?”

  1. Do you have a website? That would really help for employers to see what type of work you can do. If you don’t have a site, you might try setting up a blog at blogger, where you can set one up for free in no time. Or, if you have 400 bucks, you might try http://www.simplyblu.com. They have some great templates for photographers and they are really easy to set up.

  2. Sell yourself. And by yourself, I mean your skill sets. If you can make a list of the skill sets that you have (for instance, “highly skilled at candid portraiture work, specifically with families”) and then make another list where you write down specific instances that demonstrate your experience and skill level in regards to the skill set you have (for instance, “three years of experience with photographing candid details with families in the studio and on location”).

  Basically, what you’re trying to do is communicate what skill sets you have and the experience you’ve had at successfully implementing those skills in real life. This helps the employer understand where she can fit you in her system.

  If you could do those two things and then email your website address and your skill sets to me, I’ll pass them onto any other photographers that I think might make a good fit. Also, I’d love to see your work. What type of photography do you want to get into?

  Best of luck to you, Noelle.

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