tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46156062819159927122024-03-06T01:15:15.539-08:00Kirk Shorte Photography LLCPortraits and Real Estate PhotographyKirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-30365503309037773442019-11-24T12:51:00.001-08:002019-11-24T12:51:37.542-08:00My Empire is FocusingAloha,<br />
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Since I started out to become a professional photographer i spent most of my time learning how to take good photos. It's a never ending process but the main emphasis of my thinking was tuned towards exposure, composition and trying to deliver something useful.<br />
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Over the years I've covered many photographic areas including Models, Weddings, Food, Beach Portraits, Landscapes, Events, Head Shots and Real Estate Interiors. Even though I've produced quality work I really couldn't say what I was expert at. I was a jack of all trades and a master of none. Starting in 2014 I began making a shift in my focus. I started shying away from accepting weddings and Model assignments. This allowed me to concentrate on Food, Portraits, Events, Landscapes and Real Estate. This was still collection was still too many irons in the fire not making me much of an expert yet. So after more trimming I've carved my laundry list of genres to just Portraits and Real Estate photography. Portraits cover Beach and Head Shots but I no longer focus on creating art from Landscapes. To prove my focus I have remodeled my website and have recently added a new site to exemplify my dedication to focus. <br />
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If you would like to hire me for Portraits you should check out http://www.Shortini.net (http://www.kirkshorte.com). <br />
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If you would like to hire me for Real Estate photography visit my new site http://www.kirkshortephotography.com<br />
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That's it!<br />
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Future Blog posts will include education and beauty shots from my 2 worlds of interest. As the months and years round on I may continue to drop areas of interest in favor of handling fewer genres. What do you think?<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-84391125433778927822019-02-21T14:06:00.001-08:002019-02-21T14:12:18.850-08:00A Big Thank you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was contacted by a Real Estate agent who I know asking me to shoot a house that was owned by another photographer. The owner is a career photographer who is widely regarded
as one of the world's foremost marine wildlife photographers.
His photographs have been reproduced in virtually every major
nature magazine in the world, as well as in thousands of books,
calendars, greeting cards, posters, etc., including more than
100 covers. His photography has won a number of awards, including
the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
as the overall winner (2004), and also winner of the animal
behavior category and the Nature's Best/Cemex competition in
the Professional Marine Wildlife category. He is also the author
of seven books on marine life and numerous magazine articles.<br />
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To say that I was a little shaken by the prospect of photographing his property knowing how great a shooter he was would have been an understatement. At the end of the project the house was listed and received an offer the first day with a backup offer. I got a thank you email from the owner. I was honored to have delivered a quality set of images for his listing.<br />
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"Kirk I Just wanted to thank you for the very professional work you did
for Julie on the property I’m selling. I had an offer the first day the
listing went live, and now have a back-up offer as the first one is
heading into escrow. Needless to say I’m very happy, and want to give
due credit for the factor played by the good photos, without which it’s
almost impossible to sell anything."<br />
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Mahalo,<br />
Doug<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-56516740783442078542019-01-04T12:03:00.001-08:002019-01-04T12:03:36.205-08:00Happy New YearWell we made it, safe and sound into a new year. My photography business was slower than last year primarily due to my taking long vacations in March and September. I'm back and raring to go at least until the end of April when I'm going for a week long photography workshop on the mainland. That should disrupt things too severely.<br />
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<span id="goog_1069545904"></span><span id="goog_1069545905"></span>Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-69400432975292485032018-12-20T12:41:00.000-08:002018-12-20T13:14:07.607-08:00It's been a Long Time Comin!Frankly I'm not much of a talker which is the main reason why I don't post more on my Blog. But, I'm hoping to turn a corner on that lack of chattiness and should be adding more useful and fun info to my blog in the coming months.<br />
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For this post I wanted to let you know that I have finally reduced some of the chaos in my posted work. For the past 2 year most of my work has been photographing Real Estate listings. So the main focus of my Blog for here on out will be to showcase that work. And hopefully drum up some interest in hiring me to capture your next listing or vacation rental.
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Aloha,<br />
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Since the gallery I was represented by has since closed down I now have 29 framed and a few mounted prints resting in my spare bedroom. I would love to find new homes for them soon. Finding new homes would allow me to reclaim the precious space in my small second bedroom.<br />
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For a brief time I had a Facebook store opened but it didn't seem to attract much traffic even after spending hundreds of dollars advertising that fact. So here goes, using my seldom used Blog to drive traffic to my website so someone will find the print of their dreams.<br />
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Click on this link and enjoy browsing through the prints. If you see something that you just have to have send me an email and we can talk turkey:<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-79043786272828848402016-09-22T12:03:00.002-07:002016-09-22T12:03:29.564-07:00Age Old QuestionsI remembered the day I started on my journey to become a pro-Photographer. I was on the phone with one of my future mentors. I asked him a silly question which at the time felt serious and important in my head. I was so impressed at the quality and creativity of his photos compared to what I had been shooting. I asked him "why do professional photographers photos look so good"? After a few seconds of silence he replied "That's just what we do!" I chuckled and realized I had to learn how they did it.<br />
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It's been 8 years and I think I've figured some of it out but the best part is the journey never ends.<br />
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Here's a great article on that very subject:<br />
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http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/what-makes-some-photographs-better-than-others/Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-84156460126984970932016-04-04T21:10:00.001-07:002016-04-04T21:10:33.815-07:00Real Estate ShootIt has been a slow winter but the spring got off to a bang. I got a call from the referral who needed 3 of his 4 vacation rental properties shoot as soon as possible. I accepted the job and got to work shooting 3 houses in 3 days.<br />
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The houses were all different: different styles, different locations and different backdrops. The weather held up so I was able to get the work done in 3 days as promised.<br />
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If you need your property photographed feel free to contact me for an estimate.<br />
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Enjoy<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0Kealakekua, HI, USA19.5208333 -155.922519.460973799999998 -156.003181 19.5806928 -155.84181900000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-10889459977491451192016-03-10T23:36:00.000-08:002016-03-10T23:36:01.790-08:00My Online Store is OpenWell, my Facebook online store is shaping up nicely. Take a leisurely
click around, there are over 30 prints available for sale.<br />
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Most
of the items are one of a kind so they're gone, they're gone. Of course
digital copies are available from my site as well as prints but these
are already printed, mounted and several are produced using fabulous
wooden frames.<br />
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Don't see anything that you like then SUBSCRIBE to my shop and you'll be updated as soon as I upload more inventory.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-88590116228757652512016-02-10T12:58:00.001-08:002016-02-10T12:58:34.438-08:00Motherhood is comingAloha,<br />
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I am very excited with the photos I took of my lovely friends Tiana and her husband Kainoa. They are expecting their first child in April. I have worked with them on many personal photo projects and on their engagement photos 2 years ago. It was funny that I took photos for their engagement announcement and here we are together again documenting their incredible journey to become parents. I am so happy for them both.<br />
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Enjoy the next chapter in their life's long journey.<br />
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Kirk
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0Kailua-Kona, HI, USA19.639994 -155.996926119.520373000000003 -156.1582876 19.759615 -155.8355646tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-27082795388526778282015-08-20T14:22:00.000-07:002015-08-20T14:22:16.656-07:00Behold, all that was old is now newWell, I have done it. I have changed the name of my photography business. Gone is Shortini Photography, welcome Kirk Shorte Photography.<br />
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I don't feel any different but this is a huge step forward for me and my Fine Art Photography business.<br />
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Stay tuned for more exciting photos and prints in the coming months.<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-81782056694100392942015-05-22T11:50:00.001-07:002015-05-22T11:50:56.389-07:00Winter Spring - What's going on?Aloha,<br />
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I know that I should post more but this first year of my retirement has been a busy year. But my photography has gotten better and better.<br />
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I've had the privilege to document more:<br />
- Roller Derby<br />
- The 20th Annual Kona Brewers Festival<br />
- the 4th Annual Chocolate Festival<br />
- and to top it off the National Geographic sponsored #Bioblitz 2015.<br />
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The 2015 Kona Brewers Festival, held on March 12-14, was an amazing
success for our 20th anniversary. Not only did we raise a record amount
of funds for our beneficiaries, we garnered some great press from craft
brew bloggers, local journalists and trade magazines.<br />
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<b>The Big Island Chocolate Festival</b> is presented by the Kona Cacao Association,
Inc. The mission and goal of this new association is to promote the
cacao industry on the Big Island of Hawai‘i by presenting BICF as an
educational and outreach opportunity for local cacao farmers, the
hospitality industry and cacao enthusiasts. We encourage you to become a member of KCA and support our cause.<br />
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A BioBlitz is a 24-hour event in which teams of volunteer scientists,
families, students, teachers, and other community members work together
to find and identify as many species of plants, animals, microbes,
fungi, and other organisms as possible. The 2015 BioBlitz heads to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, May 15-16. Learn more about the park from the National Park Service.<br />
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In addition to shooting events I've also created happy family portraits and produced headshots for several local business people.<br />
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Enjoy my work.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-71474620794324204322014-09-27T14:03:00.000-07:002014-09-27T14:04:41.819-07:00The rest of Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer marks my first as fully retired. After working as the marketing director here in Kona for 9 1/2 years I'm now free to pursue photography full time. I've had a lot of fun assignments over the summer months and am booking spots for the fall and early winter as we speak. I'm hoping that 2015 will turn out to be even more fun and prosperous than 2014 was.<br />
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Enjoy some of the assignments that I've shot.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-83367588286490386332014-07-21T21:03:00.001-07:002014-07-23T20:15:41.958-07:00Spring & Summer, so farAloha,<br />
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I know I've been pretty quite over the past few months but hey, it is summer time. I've had a pretty interesting few months photographically. From shoots with the Kona Camera Club, the <span class="userContent">Hui Kako'o concert series, Apple's Alumni 10 year reunion, the Hilo launch of the Hokule'a, Pole Fitness, The Chocolate Festival, The King Kamehameha Parade, a Fund raiser, a Car show, a friends Gallery showing to the 4th of July parade and fireworks show. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Whew! I've been busy.</span><br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-21472136283043281562014-05-08T13:57:00.000-07:002014-05-08T13:57:57.874-07:00Trash the Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This has always been an interesting and fun ritual after weddings. According to Wikipedia it's a recent tradition that drew its roots from a movie in 1998 but some say popularized in 2001.<br />
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<b>"Trash the dress"</b>, also known as <b>"fearless bridal"</b> or <b>"rock the frock"</b>, is a style of wedding photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is out of place. It is generally shot in the style of fashion or glamour photography.
Such photography often takes place on a beach, but other locations
include city streets, rooftops, garbage dumps, fields, and abandoned
buildings. The woman often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress,
and may effectively ruin the dress in the process by getting it wet,
dirty, or, in extreme circumstances, tearing or destroying the garment.<br />
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Some sources claim that the trend was originally started in 2001 by Las Vegas wedding photographer John Michael Cooper,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup>
however, the idea of destroying a wedding dress has been used in
Hollywood symbolically since at least October 1998 when Meg Cummings of
the show <i>Sunset Beach</i> ran into the ocean in her wedding dress after her wedding was interrupted.<br />
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Belinda Govatos wanted to end her wedding with a good ole Hawaiian trash the Dress shoot. Belinda packed up the van with several of her kids and friends armed with GoPro cameras. We met at Kua Bay to record this epic event.<br />
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For the third year was honored to photograph the 2014 Big Island Chocolate Festival. The Festival is "a 2 day event <span class="fsl">of chocolate decadence, education, and fun! From
seminars and demonstrations with top notch chefs, to a student culinary
competition to the evening fundraising Gala." (Julie Zemelis) </span><br />
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<span class="fsl">Chefs, Chocolatiers and Students are judged by a panel of </span><span class="fsl">celebrity chefs “Mr. Chocolate” Jacques Torres of New York City and
Valrhona Chocolate’s Vincent Bourdin of Singapore. Other team judges
included chocolatier Ken Goto and pastry chefs Rhonda Ashton-Chavez of
Four Seasons Resort Maui, Elizabeth McDonald of Mala Restaurant, Ricky
DeBoer of The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui; Heather Campbell of Kaua‘i’s St.
Regis Resort Princeville and Daniel Sampson of The Fairmont Orchid.</span><br />
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The real winners of the third annual festival are two beneficiaries:
the Equip the Kitchens campaign for the future Hawai’i Community
College-Palamanui and Kona Pacific Public Charter School.<br />
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This year I captured a combination of wonderful chocolate products and demonstrations along with shots of people just having fun and enjoying the gala event and the music of Yisa Var and her band. <br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-75808582329979559492014-05-03T14:24:00.000-07:002014-05-03T14:43:32.673-07:00The wedding of Belinda and Dan Govatos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Thursday April 10, 2014 Belinda Willis and Dan Govatos were married on the beach at the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. Having large families didn't prove to be a challenge for either the bride or the groom. Combined they now have 11 children and countless numbers of friends all over the world. Join with me to congratulate Belinda and Dan and their beautiful children as they begin their lives together as one big happy family.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-79828230613727863452014-03-06T00:04:00.000-08:002014-03-06T00:04:00.358-08:00Sneak PeekToday was a busy day filled with a beautiful drive to Mauna Kea to shoot and another shoot in downtown Kailua Kona. Here's a sneak peek of the two lovely ladies I got to work with today.<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0Kailua-Kona, HI, USA19.639994 -155.996926119.520373000000003 -156.1582876 19.759615 -155.8355646tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-12488385480391310722014-03-03T13:06:00.000-08:002014-03-03T13:06:38.934-08:00Trip to the World Botanical Gardens..This past weekend I went to the World Botanical Gardens in Hakalau on the Hamakua Coast of Hawai'i Island. It was a photo outing planned by the Kona Camera Club. We were also joined by two prominent photographers Ken and Kary Goodrich from Hilo. At first I wasn't looking forward to it due in part to it being on the Hilo side of the island and the Hilo side is very wet and has a higher potential for rain than the Kona side does. Also I hate mosquitoes but I digress. It was a beautiful sunny warm Hawaiian day and I had some really good anti-mosquito repellant spray so I had nothing to complain about.<br />
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After getting a slow start walking around the 26 acres property I started finding little gems to shoot. It's an amazing place filled with countless plants, trees, flowers, water falls etc... I thought that maybe I should follow one of the other photographers to get inspiration but the group quickly broke-up and fanned out in all directions so I started roaming around and, who knew, I started finding my own little gems that I started snapping.<br />
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I really wanted to go outside today but so far the rain is keeping me indoors. so here are a few photos from this weekend's garden shoot. Hopefully the rain will let up and I'll be able to bring you some big wave photos from Kona.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-71399526405368357212014-02-27T12:52:00.001-08:002014-02-27T12:52:56.187-08:00Spring is around the cornerAs spring approaches thoughts turn to getting outside to enjoy the nice weather. Unless you live in Hawaii. If not and you're planning to visit Hawaii why not have a family or couples portrait taken during your stay.<br />
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Refer to this blog entry and receive a nice discount upon booking your portrait session with me.<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-52976433092683504702014-02-26T19:56:00.001-08:002014-02-26T19:58:09.636-08:00Sharing vs. BuyingLately I've been struck by an interesting phenomenon that came to light when I uploaded a recent sunset photo. I got over 120 Likes and 13 shares for that same photo. I got lots of great comments about the photo but then here's where the fun started. A few people made comments about being glad that the photo had been shared and that they were going to make it their screen saver or cover photo. Normally I've been flattered when someone has shared one of my photos. Lots more people get to see my work but the troubling thing is that it's not bringing me any business. No one is buying my images. Facebook is a wonderful social media platform but it doesn't really foster ecommerce when people can simply share someone's photos and then steal them and use them however they want. I have also found that there's no way to stop people from sharing your photos unless you restrict who can see them but even then photos can be shared by people on the good list.<br />
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The one thing that I can do to ensure that my high quality work stays where I want it to be and that's to make sure that any image that I upload in only 72dpi at 720 px wide max. That way anyone who wants to steal it will only get a low quality version and not be able to use it as a screen saver or to expect to print it and hang it on their wall.<br />
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Sometimes I ask myself why am I posting photos on Facebook. Then I wonder about the other photographers that I know and I suspect that ego drives most of us along with the will to show our friends what we've been up to in the photo world. The downside to showing your work on social media is people are reluctant to buy anything when they can just open a photographers page and view or share their work onto their computer. If they want to view the image they just open a file on their computer and bam, instant gratification. <br />
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Tell me what you think. How can I increase my buying customers and decrease the stealing?<br />
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Here's the photo in question. 72dpi of course.<br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-50865705328473265432014-02-19T23:26:00.001-08:002014-02-19T23:26:12.595-08:00Power Outage 2-18-2014<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Tuesday February 18, 2014 Power was knocked out on my street for about 5 hours
after gusty winds blew a huge branch off a tree that is right next to a
pole that supports the transformer that delivers low-voltage to our
neighborhood. Helco (Hawaii Electric Light Company) did a great job responding to my call. I called a
bit after 3:15am and the rep indicated they'd received another call a
few minutes earlier than mine. I heard the first truck on my street in
about 15 minutes after my call. I assume that the first crew was there to assess the damage and to order replacement parts and equipment to render a fix. The second crew arrived about 40 minutes later this time with a truck with a cherry picker, a crane and a new transformer and spicing wires for both the high-voltage and the low-voltage wires that had been damaged when the limb fell on the lines.</span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">After power was restored I got a call
that I missed from the rep I spoke with earlier. She wanted to know if
power had been restored. She said that if the power had not be restored to call them back. I was very happy with
how quickly Helco responded and fixed the download lines and damaged
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Of course I snapped a few photos to document the effort. I sent a few of them to KITV's news department to see if the on-air weather reporter would use them as part of either the 5 O'clock or the 6 O'clock weather report. </span><span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Moanike'ala Nabarro the weather reporter use 3 of my photos on the 6 O'clock weather report.</span><br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-72177236737940219092014-02-17T19:07:00.001-08:002014-02-17T19:33:41.067-08:00My new Portrait Book<div style="text-align: left;">
I just got my new portrait book in the mail. I ordered a 11X8 Little Black Book (Lustre - E-Surface)
(20 Pages) from<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1392691299072_2176" style="color: black; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ArtisanState (www.artisanstate.com). </span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1392691299072_2176" style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: small;">They have a great </span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1392691299072_2176" style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: small;">way of building you a book that lays flat. The pages can be full bleed to the edges and you can create double truck 2 page spreads where the photo will be seamless across the 2 pages.</span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1392691299072_2176" style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: small;"> They have a great web-based interface that allows you to upload your images, organize them how you want and to select the style of cover and materials you want for your book. </span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1392691299072_2176" style="color: black; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-size: small;">This book will be used to present my work to future clients.</span></span><br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-60915517649200585292014-02-17T17:06:00.001-08:002014-02-17T17:06:10.319-08:00Head Shots anyone?Head shots are a valuable communications tool. They can be employed by artists, actors and actresses, professionals like Doctors and Lawyers, employees and last but not least by online daters. When the situation calls for being able to communicate your appearance a well photographed head shot can be just the thing you need to tell your story. Whether you're applying for a big part in a TV show or giving your fans a glimpse of you for your next book or introducing yourself to your future long term partner a well produced head shot can give you the winning edge.<br />
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If you need a new head shot or want to freshen up your look, feel free to drop me a line for rates and availability.<br />
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Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-65585938522546397502014-02-16T17:43:00.005-08:002014-02-16T17:49:05.718-08:00Derby Down in Kona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new season of flat track Roller Derby kicked off last night in Kailua Kona. The Echo City Knockouts and the Waimea Wranglers spun outside and around the outdoor hockey rink at Old Kona Airport Park. Another high scoring bout with the Wranglers pulling it out <span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">161-104.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Here are a few hard hitting shots from last night's hip checking bout.</span><br />
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<br />Kirk Shorte Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041210053538634426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615606281915992712.post-71057621984064029162014-02-15T17:51:00.000-08:002014-02-15T17:55:20.001-08:00Where have my photos been seenOver the last couple of years I've been lucky that my photos have been published in both the local paper and a few books and websites. Here's a small glimpse at where my photos have turned up.<br />
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