{"id":3320,"date":"2011-02-09T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2011-02-12T23:48:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T06:48:05","slug":"mommy-goggles-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/mommy-goggles-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mommy Goggles: Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently I applied to be added to the registry of \u00a0“Take off Your Mommy Goggles<\/a>” (takeoffyourmommygoggles.com<\/a>). \u00a0It was quite intimidating. Why? In order to be added, I needed to fill out an application, submit proof of my “legal operating” business and have my work & pricing reviewed by 3-5 professional photographers to meet the standards.<\/p>\n

I WAS APPROVED! \ud83d\ude42<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, now I am listed in their registry<\/a> as an approved Professional Photographer that has done “the grunt work and gained valuable skills in a variety of photography and business aspects.”<\/p>\n

And it’s true, I have worked hard. I didn’t just pick up a camera and hoped for the best. To this day, I am constantly learning, constantly challenging myself, constantly pushing myself to stand out amongst photographers, both legal and illegal that surround me. Now, don’t get me wrong… we all start somewhere. I wasn’t a “pro” overnight. But I didn’t start charging and call myself a “pro” because a few people told me I took good pictures.<\/p>\n

So, this is where “Take off Your Mommy Goggles” comes in. Have you heard that expression? I did – A LOT. When learning the technical side of this business, I had to learn to not look at that cute smile and gorgeous eyes, but look at the image as a whole. Unfortunately, in today’s digital world, “Mommy Goggles” get fogged up and true artistic talent is bypassed for inexpensive & tolerable results.<\/p>\n

“Take off Your Mommy Goggles” is for photographers and consumers. You will learn what it really takes, what it really costs and why. You will learn how to spot a true professional and why it’s important to invest your memories on someone who knows what they are doing.<\/p>\n

I am proud to be on the registry. I have received wonderful feedback from the developers and look forward to putting their advice into action. So, check out “Take off Your Mommy Goggles<\/a>“. Find a professional photographer in your area and\/or encourage your current photographer to apply to be on the registry.<\/p>\n

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Recently I applied to be added to the registry of \u00a0“Take off Your Mommy Goggles” (takeoffyourmommygoggles.com). \u00a0It was quite intimidating. Why? In order to be added, I needed to fill out an application, submit proof of my “legal operating” business and have my work & pricing reviewed by 3-5 professional photographers to meet the standards. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3337,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneegphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}