Kusuka Ebayer Kuya Photographer | Ingxoxo noHeather Armstrong

Sitshele okuncane ngawe, ngomndeni wakho, nangezingane zakho?

Igama lami nginguHeather Armstrong. Angikucabangi ukuhlala ngomzuzwana ongcono kunamanje! Ngiyayithanda impilo yami nakho konke lokho okuba yikho! Ngingunkosikazi. Nginezingane ezintathu ezimangalisayo – uConner-11, uKira-8, noMadison-7. Futhi ngingumthwebuli zithombe. Iwebhusayithi yami iyi www.ndebele.gov.za.

Yini okukukhuthaze kuqala ukuthi uthathe ikhamera bese uqala ukuthatha izithombe?

Baningi abantu abakushoyo lokhu, kepha kunjalo nendaba yami. Ngaqala ngagqugquzelwa ukuthi ngiqale ukuthatha izithombe ngokuzalwa kwezingane zami! Bengifuna ukuthatha yonke iminithi emincane ezimpilweni zabo!

Sitshele lapho wahlangana khona noJodi we-MCP? Waqala nini futhi kanjani umdlalo wakho we-eBay? Yiziphi izinhlobo zezinto ozithengise ku-eBay?

Jodi & mina buyela emuva! Ake siqale ngebhizinisi lami le-eBay. Ngiqale ngathengisa uThomas osethathe umhlalaphansi izitimela zeTank Engine ukwakha iqoqo lesitimela sendodana yami. Kwakumnandi, kwangifundisa ezinye zezintambo zokufakwa kuhlu kwe-ebay / shipping / html, njll. Kwabe kuzalwa indodakazi yami…. Ngithole ingubo enhle yokubhinca iBaby Lulu. Kwakukuhle! Ngibheke uBaby Lulu omningi eduzane nedolobha, futhi lapho ngisesha othile ngikhulume ngokubheka i-eBay. Bengingazi ukuthi izingubo zezingane zithengiswa ku-eBay! Kuhle kakhulu konke kwaqala lapho. Ngiqede ukuthola isitolo sendawo esiseCastro Valley, CA, ebiphethe uBaby Lulu, futhi ubengangifuna ngithengise uBaby Lulu ku-eBay! Yilapho ngahlangana khona noJodi. Ngangimthengisela lapho amantombazane akhe esencane. Bengizophinde ngimtholele izingcezu ezikhethekile ze-Nordstrom Anniversary Sale- ngihlangane noJodi konke ngenxa kaBaby Lulu!

Ingabe umdlalo wakho we-eBay ukusize kanjani ngezithombe zakho?

Ukuze ngikwazi ukuthengisa ngempumelelo izinto zokugqoka ezisezingeni eliphezulu ku-eBay, ngizwe sengathi izinto zidinga ukwenziwa. Indodakazi yami, uKira, owayeneminyaka engaba ngu-2, ngaleso sikhathi, wayengifaka futhi angimodele ngezingubo. Ngaqala ngeKodak Digital Camera, futhi ekugcineni ngathenga iCanon Rebel. Ngangiyisidubuli “esizenzakalelayo” futhi ngokwethembeka ngathola isasasa ngokuthatha izithombe nokufunda okwakusebenza nokungasebenzi. Ngangihlala ngithanda ukudubula ngaphandle, yize lapho ulayini weSpring / Cruise uzothunyelwa, ngoJanuwari, & kuzofanele silingise amasudi okugeza, kwakubanda kakhulu. I-eBayer eyake yaba khona, manje umthwebuli zithombe, uCarrie, we-EMA Photography, wayethengisa Umhlahlandlela Ophakeme Kakhulu. Ngayithenga, futhi ngafunda ukhiye ophezulu. Benginestudiyo kuphela esethelwe i-eBay. Omunye, owake waba ngu-eBayer, manje ongumthwebuli zithombe, uShannon Stewart weMadison Ave Photography, wayethengisa i-Key to Natural Light Photography Guide, ngakho-ke ngiyithengile, futhi kakhulu kuleyo mithombo emibili ngafunda amasu ambalwa, futhi ngathwebula izithombe futhi ngathengisa okuningi izingubo!

Sitshele ngomsebenzi wakho wezitolo zezingubo nokuba nemodeli yamadodakazi akho ezitolo? Kusebenze kanjani? Abanye bangangena kanjani kulokhu uma befisa?

Ngenani lokuchayeka uKira ayekuthola ku-eBay, kwesinye isikhathi ngangithola ama-imeyili avela kubantu besifazane ababethengisa izinto zokugqoka ezingokwezifiso ku-eBay, ukubona ukuthi uKira wayezomodela yini into yabo, ukuhweba. Umsebenzi wokuqala omkhulu kaKira wawukuBabyGassyGooma, okwamenza wavezwa kancane, sabe sesithola i-imeyili evela eBritchinpost ukubona ukuthi uKira uzomodela yini isitolo. Silingise iBritchinpost cishe iminyaka emibili, kwathi ezinye izinguquko zobunikazi zagcina zingasasisebenzeli leso sitolo. Okwamanje, omunye wabangane bami abaseduze be-eBay uvule isitolo se-inthanethi, IPosh Princess encane, futhi wabuza ukuthi bobabili uKira & Madison bazomlingisa yini. Sibe ne-LPP manje cishe iminyaka emine manje. Ukumodela ama-boutique kufike kalula nje, maqondana nokubeka uKira lapho, leyo bekungeyona nje indaba yakhe.

Abathwebuli bezithombe bangangena ngokuphelele kukho uma befuna. Ama-boutique adinga amamodeli njalo. Izingane zikhula ngendlela eshesha kakhulu. Ngingasikisela ukuthi ngithumele ezithombeni zengane yakho egqoke izimpahla zokugqoka ze-boutique. Yenza ukuxhumana nabanikazi be-boutique. Yakha ubudlelwano nabanikazi, ukuze bathembe ukuthumela izingubo zabo!

Wazi nini ukuthi ufuna ukuba ngumthwebuli wezithombe ongaphezu komsebenzi wakho nezitolo zezingubo ze-eBay nezengane?

Sahlala phansi eBay Area iminyaka eyisikhombisa futhi umyeni wami wayenebhizinisi lokwakha. Imakethe yehla yenyuka, futhi ibhizinisi lalahleka. Ekuqalekeni kabusha, sinqume ukukhuphukela eRedding, CA, njengoba izindleko zokuphila zincane kakhulu. Umyeni wami wagcina ethathe umsebenzi wokuba ngumfundisi, futhi lokho kwakusho ukuthi kuzofanele ngisebenze. Ngihlangane nomngani wami wakudala, bengizama ukuthola umsebenzi endaweni yokudlela yangakini wangibuka wathi “angiboni ukuthi kuzofanele ube uweta; Ngicabanga ukuthi uzothola izithombe! ” Lokho bekucishe kube yiminyaka emibili edlule namuhla….

Chaza isitayela sakho sezithombe? Usithuthukise kanjani isitayela sakho?

Ukuthuthukisa isitayela sami kuthathe isikhathi, ngokweqiniso ngisazizwa sengathi ngisaqhubeka "ngenqubo"! Ngokuzethemba ngithi "ngingumthwebuli zithombe," kuzizwa kunginika amandla. Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi ngingawasho lawo mazwi!
Ngingasho ukuthi isitayela sami asisho lutho futhi silula. Njalo uma ngithwebula, ngithandaza ngokushesha… “Nkosi, ngisize ngithathe inhliziyo yalo mndeni / umuntu ngamunye. Ngisizeni ngibathathe ngendlela enibabona ngayo… ”

Wenza amaseshini amangaki ngenyanga? Ngabe uzizwa ufuna umsebenzi omningi noma umatasatasa ngaphezu kwamandla akho?

Ihlukahluka inyanga nenyanga. Imvamisa ngenza amahlumela ayi-12-15 ngenyanga nomshado owodwa. Ngingawuthanda umsebenzi owengeziwe, kepha ngasikhathi sinye, nginomuzwa wokuthi isikhathi sami nezingane zami sifushane kakhulu, ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuzinika isikhathi.

Uhlobo luni lokuthwebula oluthanda kakhulu futhi ngani?

Izithombe engizithandayo yizingane nabantu abadala. Ukuzethemba kwami ​​kunamandla kulezo zindawo zokuthwebula izithombe, ngakho-ke ngizwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi yingakho ngikhangwa yilezo zihloko. Ngiyalithanda ushintsho ikakhulukazi ngabadala. Futhi Abadala, i-99.9% yesikhathi, bafuna izithombe zabo zithathwe, ngakho-ke bakusebenzela ngokweqiniso futhi bazimisele ukuba nenjabulo.

Iyiphi ingxenye eyinselele kakhulu ngokuba ngumthwebuli zithombe wakho?

Njengamanje, ngokuthembeka, intengo.

Yimuphi umthwebuli wezithombe okukhuthaza kakhulu?

UBrianna Graham - Ube yisisekelo sokuqalisa izithombe zami.

Yini ekwenza ugqame njengomthwebuli zithombe?
Kunzima lokhu, Jodi .. Ukuthwebula inhliziyo. Ukuthwebula ingxenye ejulile yokuthi lowo muntu, umndeni, izithandani bangobani.

Chaza usuku olujwayelekile empilweni kaHeather Armstrong?
6:30 Sukuma / Lungela
7:30 Khipha Umndeni / Izingane emnyango
7: 30-10: 00 Thola ama-imeyili / ibhulogi / uvale ama-oda / uphuze ikhofi nomngane wakho
10:00 ukudubula
12:00 isidlo sasemini
12:30 hlela
2:30 thatha izingane / hang nezingane
noma uma ngiba nesibhamu santambama lesi bekuzoba isikhathi futhi izingane zizohlala enkulisa (eziyithandayo)!
4:00 uma i-kira & madi bedinga ukumodela- ukudubula
5: 00-8: 30 Isikhathi Somndeni
8: 30-9: 15ish – umyeni isikhathi
9: 15-12ish-working / blogging / email

UNikon noma uCanon? Primes noma Zooms? Mac noma PC? I-iPhone noma i-Blackberry? I-Lightroom noma i-Photoshop?

ICanon - 85mm 1.8 / 70-200 2.8 / 50mm 1.2.
iPhone
Photoshop
Kokubili iMac ne-PC .. ifuna ukuguqulela ku-Mac 100%… Njengamanje nje yi-Mac Laptop

Yini ongasitshela yona ngokuhamba kwakho komsebenzi uma ukhipha ikhadi kukhamera yakho ukucubungula izithombe? Ngabe usebenzisa izenzo, ukusetha kusengaphambili, ukhetha ukucubungula ngesandla noma ukuxuba?
Ngidubula i-RAW, ngiguqula izithombe zibe yi-jpeg nge-ACR Bridge, ngizithinte ngisebenzisa izenzo. Zonke izithombe ziphela ngo- Powder ye-MCP Isenzo Sakho Sekhala! Angazi ukuthi bengizokwenzenjani ukwenza leso senzo! Ishintshe ngokoqobo zonke izithombe.

Yiziphi izenzo ze-MCP photoshop ozithandayo?

Ngisebenzisa Isikhumba Somlingo: Phonsa Impumulo Ekhaleni Lakho isenzo kuwo wonke umfanekiso. Ngiyazithanda izenzo zeDoctor Doctor nezamazinyo. Futhi ngokulungiselela nokwabelana kuwebhu, ngiyayithanda i- Magic Blog Amabhodi, futhi bangongela isikhathi esiningi.

Chaza indawo ophupha kuyo ukwenza isithombe?
Italy

Ubani kuleli zwe ongathanda ukumthwebula?
Amy Grant

Ungabelana nathi ngesithombe sakho esiligugu kakhulu usitshele ukuthi kungani?

Ukwamukelwa emishadweni kuhlala kuhamba ngokushesha. Lokhu kudutshulwa bekuhloselwe ukugxila kumakoti nodadewabo futhi kugxile kule ntombazanyana. Kungibuyisele ekubeni yingane & ngiphupha ngokuba ngumakoti ngelinye ilanga futhi ngithathe ubumsulwa bezothando amantombazane amancane anabo.

Ungasitshela okuthile ngawe okungaziwa muntu?
Angikaze ngiyenze i-albhamu yomshado! Lokho sekuzoshintsha.

Uma ungatshela into eyodwa kubafundi be-MCP ukuthi ufunde ukuthi ufuna bakukhumbule, kungaba yini lokho?
Ungcono kakhulu ekubeni nguwe! Yiba ngcono kakhulu kuwe! Ungazithengisi ufushane! Unethalente futhi unesiphiwo! Thatha isipho sakho futhi ufinyelele izinkanyezi.