Jason Tag Photography

Over the past few months, I’ve started to notice a shift.  I don’t see it as a shift in how I make image or even I how I think about making images.  Its more of a shift in how I see myself as a photographer.  This shift came about because of several events that have occurred recently.

The first thing that started me down this path was an email from a woman who wanted to hire me to shoot nudes of her in the hopes that it would give her proof that she is a beautiful woman.  I can attest that she is and it was a great shoot.  After that shoot I started to understand the power of what it was that I was doing.  That it wasn’t just about capturing beautiful photos anymore.  It seemed that people were really connecting to the imagery I was capturing.

around that same time I started talking to other photographers.  Before this moment, I was alone in my photography.  I had only one friend who was a photographer and the style of images we were working with were so vastly different that we didn’t really talk about it much.  Talking, meeting, and hearing from other photographers really helped me to see that I was on a good path.  That someday I might be able to do this as something more serious than just a hobby.

And last but not least, I talked to a friend of mine about shooting with lights. I had just done a shoot were I borrowed some strobes and I liked the look I got with them.  I told my friend that I wanted to play more with lights.  She told me that I shouldn’t take that path.  When I asked why, she told me that she was jealous of what I did with available light.  I didn’t understand because I didn’t see it as anything special.  “you just point the camera in the right direction, set your exposure, and push the button.  What’s the big deal?” I thought.  As I thought about it more and started to analyze what it was I was doing in between looking through the lens and pushing the button, I realized that there was something there that I hadn’t thought of in a very long time.  The art of setting exposures.

So all of this culminated recently into my paradigm shift.  I no longer see myself as someone who is just playing around, learning and having fun.  Well, I am still doing that but it’s become much more serious now.  All of these events have awoken in me memories that I had forgotten about.  Pictures I’ve made, places I’ve seen, and things I’ve learned that help me realize that photography is now a serious pursuit.  One that will be with me forever.

Because of all of this,  I’m going to be redesigning this website to better reflect who I am and what I’m doing behind the lens.  I write this so that everyone who reads this site will understand why I am making changes when it seems to work just fine.