I'm Now On Twitter and Instagram!!!

So for a while I never used Twitter or Instagram. When I first heard of Twitter, I thought "Gee that's interesting, but I would never use it." I thought this mostly because Twitter is just like a bunch of posts (or status updates if you're Facebook savy) and who wants all of that? And I never used Instagram because when it first came out tons of people kept saying they were these awesome photographers cause they put a nice filter on a photo. There is so much more to photography than just changing the coloring, so I decided not to use Instagram.

This summer I interned at Vogel Alcove, a nonprofit in Dallas that is a childcare center for homeless children under 5 years old. I worked under the Marketing Director, Sammy Gonzalez on print advertisements and their social networks. This is what got me interested in Twitter. I had the company's account up and I would constantly take a few minutes to see if the company had mentions or what other people were posting. I learned and saw a lot of interesting things that major companies were posting.

So a few weeks before my internship ended, I got a Twitter and started following all my favorite authors, shows, organizations, and people. I've used it to keep in touch with the news (Zimmerman Trial Verdict, the Royal Baby, etc.) and to talk to celebrities. I've tweeted to a few favorite shows and members of the cast even liked or replied to my tweet. I couldn't help but get a little starstrucked at this.

And now I just got an Instagram. My internship taught me how to utilize social media for a company's benefit. Which is what I will do for Flying Lantern Photography. Sure I will also use it for personal reasons, but you'll see postings of my shoots and some of the ideas I have going on.

So follow me!

Twitter: @reasespieces92
Instagram: @reasespieces

Lauren Y

I knew Lauren from back when we were in elementary and middle school. Both of us were in girl scouts, but not the same troop. Both of our moms were troop leaders, thus they were friends. Troop leaders had to attend meetings and such. Lauren and I are also only a year apart, and our families lived in the same neighborhood. With these factors, it was simple math as to why our moms became friends. My troop's leader also knew Lauren's mother and thus our troops would do some activities together.

Lauren just graduated from University of Texas and she wanted some professional photos of herself. I went to her family's home in Prosper, TX where we did the shoot. Her parents own two horses, and Lauren is an avid horseback rider.