Sneek Peek #7
July 7, 2021
Tiffany Bumgardner
As I continue to work diligently…. ok, not diligently but frequently on my book, it is that time for another sneak peek.
The rough draft was finished a few months back and I currently editing and revising. I have sent the first six chapters off to be read and edited for grammar and mistakes [so far reading wise I have been given positive comments— which is lovely even if my brain likes to think my writing is trash (if you are a writer you will understand that thought process)].
Enjoy A Sneak Peek into Chapter 7 below which is about how Exposure One Studios came into being and the process for making it happen.
When I was traveling the world I was with a group of dreamers and doers who were actively pursuing their goals. I watched business ideas be dreamt up and I was watching them be achieved right before my eyes. These fellow SASer’s were not doubting themselves and were confident in their ideas. They inspired me and while I worked on a new logo for TB Photography a deeper part of me pleaded with myself to grow and become something even better.
The idea of Exposure One Studios was born in the harbor of Capetown, South Africa in my cross-cultural anthropology class as we waited to sail out to head back across the Atlantic Ocean to Argentina. It was idea born out of in country experience in South Africa, and my love of the first shot I take.
For me my first image more often than not always seems to be one of my favorites from a session and I wanted to incorporate that personal touch into my business name, which is where exposure one comes from. I debated for years about studios or photography, or any other number of photography related endings for the name. Ultimately I settled on studios because I was growing beyond photography. I was doing graphic design and as this first decade comes to a close I have began to make videos and commercials as I delve further into the commercial aspect of this field.
Studios seemed appropriate because I am not exclusively a photographer, my expertise is in still photography but I am so much more than that and my business name needed to reflect that.
In 2016 I left my position as a reporter where I was hired for my photographic skills. I made that choice because honestly I disliked the journalism field and bureaucracy of what the field was becoming; which prompted me to start the research into incorporating and pursing my photography as something more. This was something I should have done when I made that fated Facebook page, but I am human and I am constantly learning from mistakes.
Chapter 7: Exposure One Studios, Glass Eyes: A Photographers Journey, by Tiffany Bumgardner