Trouble Finding An Interviewee

At first I didn't think that finding someone to interview was going to be very hard. But low and behold, it was much harder than I expected. I had emailed 3 photographers in the field that I wanted to go into but I had no response from any of them. 2 of them I knew would be touring with Vans Warped Tour all summer but still thought maybe they would let me Skype them for the interview but I didn't hear back from either one. 

I was worried about not being able to find someone in my field to interview and I didn't want to show up to class empty-handed again. So I talked to my mom about it and her best friend is friends with a couple photographers. Of course I wanted to find someone on my own and in the field that I want to go into but I was running out of time before class. I got in touch with her friend and she set me up with an interview with him. She had told me that he was a sports photographer so when he gave me his Instagram, I was expecting to see all sports photography but it turns out that he has done some concerts and other types of photography. I was beyond excited to find this out. I was extremely disappointed that none of the photographers that I originally wanted to interview didn't respond but after seeing Jose Fajardo's work, I can say that I am already a huge fan. I am very excited to be able to interview him. I know that I had to go through connections to get this interview but I am very happy with who I ended up getting an interview with. 

Check out his work on Instagram! @fuzyjoe 

See y'all in class!

-Miranda 

Enjoy my Pinterest find! 

Link to My Pinterest

Email Draft

Dear Scott Uchida,

            My name is Miranda Gliddon and I am a photography student at the Brooks Institute. After I graduate from Brooks I want to be a professional concert/band photographer. Moving out here to California from Oklahoma has inspired me to pursue a career in photographing bands.

            In one of my classes right now we are learning about what kinds of writing an artist has to do in their field of work. For an assignment we have to interview an artist about their writing and what they believe to be effective or ineffective. I was wondering if you would have any time in between June 26th and July 1st to meet with me to talk about this and your photography? Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear back from you soon.

-Miranda Gliddon

I'm really not good at writing professional emails so I am hoping after todays class that this email will sound a whole lot better. 

-Miranda 

PS) Any advice helps. (: 

The Silly Little Things

Here's just a random blog post of me sharing the funny but oh so true things that I find on Pinterest & We Heart It. 

{It's the little silly things in life that I love}

(: 

-Miranda 

Week 4 Reading

While doing the readings for this week, I found myself feeling like I should be taking notes. It felt like it was pretty much all rules for using social media and for writing a positive message. There seemed to be a lot of rules and only writing them down is going to help me remember while writing the email request. I remember learning about this in high school but since it's been 3 years, it was a good reminder especially since we're working on our email request drafts to the artist of our choice.
A good reminder tip from this reading was when requesting information or action in an email, to make it clear at what exactly you are requesting from the person. I often find myself not always being 100% clear and not just getting straight to the point. I really hope that after writing this email it will help me be clear about what I am asking and to get straight to the point.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

-Miranda