Update

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Studying

Well, another day, another skill learned. I've been studying Photoshop like a mad man, and I will be taking the A.C.E. (Adobe Certified Expert) test by mid-November. Also, I just got done with my first photo shoot. I took some pictures for a comedian/actor friend and I'm quite proud of the results, I do have to admit that I realize I didn't have a fucking plan until I got the location... I had some ideas I knew I could pull out of my ass if I hit a wall, but it was all pretty straight forward and we got done pretty fast.

here are some pictures:

I wish I have had more time for the shoot (as well as I wish I have had more of a plan), lesson learned though, I will try to set up another shoot with Mike, and I need to start developing more ideas and game plans for my next couple of shots. I'm very excited about a family shoot I have today, also, I'm deadly afraid of messing up.... and boy, do I like the feeling of anticipation for this shot.

Other than that, I've been a lot more involved with my Tumblr account than anything else, but I will take it in a new direction, starting now, I will use it to post behind the scenes, and random shots from other photo shoots (not to mention to reblog images I might find interesting), kinda like a repository for ideas.

I'm trying to make my hobby work for me, and hopefully, pay for itself. I realize that photography is not a cheap hobby to get into (but what is it, am I right?), so in order to grow, and hopefully make it a bigger part of my life, I will start trying to make money out of it (“If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life”, blah, blah, blah.), so I will continue updating this Blog as a “Journal” of this new direction I'm taking, and hopefully it will be a fun trip.

Here are some other pictures I've done recently:

This were the news the day I uploaded my Craigslist add 

Andres Trujillo
Trujillo-Prince Photography
Metro Area Photographer

New beginnings

First and foremost, let me apologize for the hiatus, I had some things going on (family emergencies, etc.) that kept me from the virtual world, but I should be back for good now.

So, in a new twist in my life, I have decided to go the “Graphic Design” route for my career (I always had the inclination towards graphic arts), and I started my photo business. I will be posting a virtual journal of this new adventure.

In the meantime (and while I get the ball rolling so I have something to write about), here are some pictures.

I love the city

I've been enjoying DC a lot, when I first moved here I really thought I was going to hate the city (being the island boy I am), I always hated big cities, the noise, the people, etc. but it is different this time (maybe, I am different this time), I find myself enjoying seeing the city life unfold before my eyes, and as picture subjects, it beats the hell out of Boca Raton, FL.

I've been cleaning the hard drives, and I'm gonna do one last push for all the pics I haven't publish before, then I'll start from zero with some new photo projects, hopefully this will be done by next week.

In other news, I've been using 500 Pixels's website to publish some of my pics, and I might make the change to it soon, I added a badge to the top of my blog, check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Andres Trujillo

Back to old tricks

Yeah, I know I mentioned that I was tired of the whole "Voyeur" thing, but I still have a ton of pictures in the drives that I hadn't process, so for a while I will continue to pop out a couple of these pictures here and there.

Well, I'm sitting here drinking my morning coffee, smoking a cigarette, reading both photography (Scott Kelby's new book on retouching) and Martial Arts (Sam Sheridan's The Fighter's Mind) books, editing pics and sucking at each individual task (the coffee is cold, I probably got only a couple of puffs on the cigarette, Kelby's book is telling me to punch the camera, Sheridan's is telling me to bring a tablet to my next fight.... it is kinda confusing). But having a blast on my day off, so I guess is kinda worth it.

In other news, I'm really excited (and I'm shitting my pants) about the start of my Judo classes, can't wait to start and to share what I know (also looking forward to getting back into competition shape.... in shape I am not right now).

Well, end of my rant, as always, you can see more pictures HERE.