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This is Natalie's first time in front of the camera. We shot
for a portfolio she needs to try and get print assignments in
magazines and catalogs. ©2000 Jan Sanders |
If people are some of the greatest things in Jan's life, a love of
change is another. When Jan was 13, his dad moved the family from
Miami Beach, Fla., to South America, where he built a chicken ranch
in the middle of a rainforest. At 18, Jan moved to New York and he
joined the United States Air Force. He has lived in Portugal,
Washington D.C., Tucson, Ariz., and Reno, and has left a mark
everywhere he's been. In Tucson, he rode around the University of
Arizona campus, selling juice he squeezed daily from two-ton bins of
oranges; in Reno, he started out as a waiter with nothing and became
a restaurant owner.
And Jan continues to embrace change, as demonstrated by his
willingness to take advantage of digital technology. One of the
first in his field to go completely digital, Jan said he could count
on one hand the number of shoots he's done with film cameras.
"I don't see why anyone would refuse to go digital," he
said. "Digital is going to be huge."
At a typical shoot, Jan takes 10 to 15 initial pictures, and then
downloads them. He and his client pick out the good ones, then shoot
another round. Three hours later, clients walk out of the studio
with CDs containing 40 to 80 of their favorite images, and Jan puts
some of the photos online, helping them both gain worldwide
recognition; his top albums have brought in more than 15,000 hits
since he opened his account a year ago.
Jan Sanders is the owner of Jan Sanders Artist's & Model's
Photography in Culver City, California. |
Not bad for a 52-year-old who for the first time considered turning
his life long hobby into a career in photography just a little more
than a year ago. And for Jan, this is only the beginning. He plans
to stay on top of the newest technologies and watch his clients all
make it to the TV screen, the big screen -- wherever they aspire to
go.
"He's insatiable," Michael said. "Jan's never going
to give up -- he's going to only move forward."
Jan's next project will be a wedding photography concept he will
call "Budget
Wedding Photography", serving all of Southern California
with affordable award winning photography.
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