Cindy Harter Sims and Lou Freeman |Photofocus Podcast March 15, 2015

Mar 15, 2015

This week's podcast interviews photographers Cindy Harter Sims about printmaking and competitions. Then we catch up with well-known glamour photographer Lou Freeman. Tune in and get inspired.

Cindy Harter Sims

Cindy Harter is a portrait photographer located in Cartersville, GA. Her philosophy for her life and her business is Live Independently. Feel Intimately. Love Courageously. She shares her philosophy on making images that inspire.

Who is Cindy?
How does she describe her work and who does she photograph?
Live independently, feel intimately & love courageously
Learning from WPPI’s print competition.
How many years has Cindy been entering the print competition?
How has is change her approach to taking photographs?
Are trends good or bad?
Who prints her work?
How what you print on can make a difference in your work?
Prepping and understand what you need to do to enter for the first time.
Word of mouth is everything
Family affair and working with her family
Keeping art bright
Art in your life is a gift
Feeling the moments of knowing where you are supposed to be
Remind yourself how far you’ve come
Where can you find Cindy?

Lou Freeman

Lou Freeman is a Master Fashion, Glamour, and Beauty Photographer who’s career has spanned 3 decades with a focus on advertising, fashion and celebrity portraits. This interview is from the busy show floor at WPPI, so there is a little background noise.

Who is Lou Freeman?
What does she do?
How does she emotionally support her clients?
Everything can be made to look beautiful
Shift in her career and what she learned?
What can you communicate with your eyes?
Ask for a better pose rather than “Don’t do this because” Speak in the positive and never in the negative to your client.
People show stress in how they hold their hands and in their neck/shoulders
It’s up to the photographer to create the mood and scene
Working with those who elevate you and your work and vise versa.
Collaborating with a stylist and why?
No matter who they are go to the lengths
Try to make the most out of every chance you have to get the image.
Color, impact and celebrity draws people to your portfolio.
Take care of yourself as a photographer. What you put out there is what you are showing the world.
Dress like your price point.
What is one lighting tool that every photographer should know?
Learn how to keyword and SEO your website
Where can you find Lou?

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