please pardon sideways photographique for not sharing any images for this post, just some words we would like to share before this year ends.
year 2010 has been a tremendous year for sideways, and we could not ask for more. the ratio of weddings we have shoot this year as compared to year 2009 is like 10:1, a 1000% growth if you take it statistically and optimistically, hahaha. we do see improvements in our works of photography, and we are gaining something inside us to become better photographers too. but we guess maybe another main reason for the growth in client base is also because we are one of the cheapest in town. yes we are damn cheap and we charge peanuts because we want to shoot (desperately).
but are we right to say that if there’s no certain value or style in our works, even if we charge you for just $99 for your big day, you won’t take us up?
so is it pure luck that we got more clients this year, or is it we have built up a certain level of quality that is appreciated more by our target audiences, or simply just because we are cheaper?
we can’t judge that solely by ourselves, you tell us.
and definitely throughout the year, there’s some hiccups and screw-ups there and then, but nothing could be perfect we believe. frustration is part of the package and it is your best friend when it comes to learning, it makes you grow. and of course without the opportunities provided by those wonderful couples, we won’t be able to learn and grow.
no doubt.
anyway, let’s not just talk about our works and business here, we wanna share our thoughts as well. it’s really not easy being sideways with our day jobs. we have to sacrifice our free time and sometimes our partners’ free time to work sideways. without that huge piece of support, understanding, tolerance and patience from our loved ones, we won’t last.
no, sideways is not complaining and sideways has not regretted at this point of time. sideways hope and wish that someday, sideways could be full-time sideways - talking sideways, looking sideways, walking sideways and of course, shooting sideways.
it’s either sideways get there or sideways keep trying.
and last but not least to all sidewayers (?!). thank you for patronizing us here, although we know we are not entertaining bloggers or good writers. we love you and we wish you a happy 2011 as it is the beginning of all hopeful things to come. sideways is not going to charge peanuts for year 2011, they are going to charge…
hmm… peanut butter this time!
hahaha
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