Archive for August, 2011
Like any other profession, blogging requires skilled time management. This is a skill I’ve slowly been learning over the past year, as what was once a little hobby has blossomed into a demanding job with investment banker hours (with 1% of the pay). As I find myself landing more and more exciting opportunities with my website, I’ve had to re-evaluate the way I allocate my time.
With that being said, I ended my relationship with Racked Chicago yesterday as a contributor. I would like to personally thank the Chicago editor, Jared Hatch, for giving me the opportunity to work with him as a freelancer over the past few months and for his kind parting words and well-wishes. I have also decided to reduce my blogging at PinkMemo from weekly to bi-weekly, so you will see posts from me every other Thursday going forward. I would like to thank the PinkMemo CEO and editor-in-chief, Maxine Trowbridge, for her understanding and flexibility. I will still be submitting street-style photos to Refinery29 as I have since January. I thought long and hard about these decisions over the past month, and they’re the best choices for me.
I think people sometimes forget that I am a graduate student at DePaul earning a Master of Science degree in management. I have my most demanding class this fall; Quantitative Statistics. It’s been a delicate balancing act trying to do well in school, grow my blog, and contribute to other websites. By reducing the energy that is spent elsewhere I can focus exclusively on Chicago Street Style and do well in school.
For me, this is all about refocusing my fashion blogging priorities on the street-style photography. After all, that’s really what it’s all about for me!
To continue reading about Amy’s discovery of catchlights, click below:
During conversations about photography both Meagan and Andrea instructed me to “look for the light in the eyes” of my subjects. Working with sunlight instead of studio lighting makes finding the catchlights that much more difficult, especially for someone who is entirely self-taught. I know I have captured catchlights in my photographs before, but it was on accident. This is the first image I’ve ever taken where I consciously thought about finding them.
As a creative person it’s really exciting to watch my work evolve. I am the first person to openly admit that being an artist is a never-ending process of growth. A photographer never stops improving their skills. Every photo is a step further, every click of the shutter button pushes me to hone my craft even more. I am so incredibly lucky to have such supportive readers and friends as I develop my photography skills.
I am the daughter of a professor so I am very comfortable being critiqued. In fact, I believe it shows respect. Criticizing someone, with the aim of helping them, demonstrates that you care enough about them to want them to improve. The difference between critiquing and hating on someone is that critiquing comes from a place of love, while hating on someone obviously comes from a place of hate. Anonymous needs to learn the difference.
Please check out Meagan’s blog LATTERSTYLE and Andrea’s blog Blonde Bedhead. I’m sure you’ll love them just as much as I do.
K. Cooper Ray abandoned the bi-coastal life he led as Vice President at Bottega Veneta and now calls Charleston, South Carolina, his home. He remains an important fixture on the New York and Los Angeles social scenes. He positively adores Charleston with its emphasis on proper decorum and how the majority of men there aren’t afraid to experiment with color. We had a lovely conversation about how manners still play an important role within Southern culture. Not many of you know this, but as a teenager in Fayetteville, Arkansas, I attended Junior Cotillion classes several times a year where I learned proper social etiquette and ballroom dancing.
