Janelle Brooke
- wedding and portrait photographer
- started in 2008 when she was 24
- graduated suffolk in 2006
- worked for Hampton Models and doing band photography
- first wedding photo shoot in 2008
- attended CW Post
- advertised in long island wedding magazine, the created FaceBook page in 2010
- business photographs about 40 weddings per year
- gained even more bookings from creating a promo video
- all edits and work done at home
- has full team of 8
- had 2 team members who attended suffolk and became interns with the company
- editing is most important thing that sets them different from other wedding photographers
- use natural lighting
- use content aware tool for majority of editing and getting rid of unwanted things in photos
- got featured on GMA on boudoir photography
- working with more than one person on location helps a lot
- prices and fees depend on time, location, make up and hair artists, etc...
- learn the business of photography
I really loved having Janelle and Terry come in today to talk about her business. I found it really inspiring that not only was she a suffolk student but she created her own path in the photography world and it worked out for her. I definitely learned a lot from her today when it comes to getting started after college, what to charge and what the editing process consists of. Over the past few weeks of this semester I really want to explore more in portraiture photography because I find them so interesting. It was really cool hearing her story and where and how she got started and I do feel like she inspired me a lot today and I am definitely going to do more research on her.
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