Inside the camera bag of photographer Vironica Golden
It’s time for another installment of one of our favorite blog series, a peek inside. Today, we have one of our newest team members to feature, Vironica Golden.
A day in the life: Vironica Golden
April 16. I chose this day to document my day because today I get to hangout with Mickie DeVries and Alice Che. Mickie’s husband and son were here for the Star Wars Convention in Anaheim. While they’re off to the convention, Mickie and her daughter got to spend three days with Alice and me who was staying with me while Mickie is here. I know this was not a typical day here in our house but I thought it would be fun to share a day when three CMers spent the day together.
5 tips for photographing your sleeping child
I’ve been photographing my son almost daily since the day he was born and completed 2 project 365s since then. Sometime during my first project 365 I started exploring sleeping photos because let’s face it, some days it’s just impossible to pick up the camera during the day. Late last year when he started to run away from my camera I decided to give him a break and did a 2-week sleeping project.
Here are some tips I’ve found helpful when photographing my sleeping child:
My Photography Journey: Vironica Golden
As long as I can remember, I’ve always loved visual arts. As a little girl I was always making something or drawing something. Growing up in Indonesia where a degree in arts is not very lucrative and parents are a big influence in choosing your career path, my mother steered me towards getting a degree in accounting. I moved to the United States for college in 1995. A year into college I decided to switch my major to graphic/packaging design that was more in line with my interest as a child.
Personal Photo Project: fishermen
In Newport Beach, California there’s no better place to buy fresh seafood than directly from the fishermen. In 1891, a local fisherman grew tired of selling his fish to wholesalers and founded Dory Fleet Fish Market, where fishermen could sell directly to the public. Not long after I moved to Newport Beach a friend of mine told me about it and being a seafood lover I shortly became a regular. Today many of the fishermen have switched from dory boats to commercial boats, which are required to dock at the nearby Newport and Huntington Harbor. Now, just one boat keeps the Dory Fleet Market tradition alive. I really wanted to document the dory boat tradition so I decided to do a photo essay on the routine of fishermen that sell their fish at the Dory Fleet Market.
