Aoife Haney Mentorship Application

While I don't live in Houston, I would definitely be willing to travel as needed.
What you believe your biggest weakness is:
For weakness, I couldn’t pick just one, as these are both equally important. 
The first is actually a workflow issue dealing with completing work in a timely manner.  Yes, this is a part of my disability, but only becomes a bigger problem when having to stop work to find educational materials and learn in the midst of a project just what it is I’m trying to do, versus having a formal lesson in the material.
The second is consistency of style and retouching, which in many ways refers back to the educational problem from the first.  I find that depending on the day my style can change, and this becomes a problem with a consistent body of work, partially because I become frustrated with not knowing what I’m doing in many areas and instead just figuring it out as best as I can while I go along.
Basically, I need to work on strengthen my secret recipe for my awesomesauce.
What you believe your best strength is:
I have been told and believe myself that my biggest strengths are my control of light, by way of my ability to use off-camera flash/studio lighting, and my vision on how I can create a scene in my head before ever picking up my camera.
What type of work you currently create, as you see it:
The work I currently create to start with has been mostly cosplay.  I started with this because I had no clue how to pose a person in front of me, and with cosplay every character has their own.  Lately I’ve moved more into fashion and glamour, but then again, where is the line anymore between the three.
What type of work you WANT to create, if different from your current genre:
My goal is to be shooting commercially viable Fine Art and Fashion/Glamour.  It is my dream to have the cover of international magazines and to be able to have a life by doing this.
How you want your work to improve and change:
My editing workflow is drastically limited by my knowledge of the tools available to me and how to use them.  Tutorials are all great, until editing at 1am, and it’s just not working.
Biggest photographer influence that you look up to:
There is no way I can list a single biggest photography influence I look up to, but this list is just a small portion of artists who’s work I respect, and hope to be on their level.  (please don’t say anything to these people, many I know on a personal level or interact with in various communities and I don’t want it to be awkward)
Aoife Haney
David Byrd (Reality Reimagined)
Jess Hess (Wormwood Photography)
Genevieve Dedek (Alternate History Designs & Photography)
Nino Batista
Lindsay Adler
Joel Grimes
Topher Adam (Dark Beauty Magazine/Photographer/I'm A Foolish Mortal)
Loreleï Enchantress (artist, not necessarily photographer)
Martin Wong
Annie Lebowitz
Pugoffka
Brooke Shaden
Shannon K. Dougherty
Julia Rabkin
Neisha T. Ford
Francisco Joel Hernandez
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