Giving Back to aspiring photographers

A note from Asha ….

Many of you know that we run a monthly contest. Anyone can participate. Whether an amateur or professional photographer. We have different catagories, and the winners get a one hour business make over with me. I honestly LOVE doing this. Both Glen and I enjoy building community, and well, we are both coaches and educators at heart.

Everyone knows this about Glen since he heads the Visual Journalism department at New England School of Photography. Teaching is a passion for us, and also is a way of saying thank you to the Universe for blessing us with such a thriving Boston Wedding Photography business.

So, I had a meeting with the lovely Karla Rodas. Karla won the best wedding cake contest! Click here to check the contest out! (Like us, please!) :)

Well, it turns out her passions are children & landscapes…

photo by KARLA RODAS- winner of Best Cake Contest on DMPJ's FB page

Photo by KARLA RODAS- winner of Best Cake contest on FB

Karla is in a stage of redefining her career. She comes to Boston from Las Vegas where she used to do tons of Red Carpet events- yes, she has rubbed elbows with all the celebs. But, she is passionate about real people & nature ( a girl after my own heart). She is building a new website and blog that are in alignment with the new her. Can’t wait to see it!

This is what she said about why she loves photography:

What isn’t there to love about photographing children?  They’re beautiful, joyful, full of wonderment and amazement… they’re tender and sweet and everything in between!  They’re carefree and untainted… their innocence is a fresh of breath air in this hectic life… I love getting behind my lens and seeing them with new eyes and put the worries of the world behind me because in front of me is this beautiful being… that is just that… being.
And for similar reasons I love shooting landscapes… though they’re not people… they’re alive.  There is life and energy and emotion.  They’re not just snap shots of what is… they’re the life that lives within them.

Karla M. Rodas
Photographer
C: 201.988.3498
Can you get how sweet this girl is? Yeah, I thought so. Karla will join us when we start up critique nights again. Now in our lovely studio (but about that some other time).