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3/3/2004 – Robert Today’s posting is brought to you by the number 3. You can thank Sara for the request. So, photography… any of you looking at my site will probably think I’m a total photography nut. I have quite a bit of material posted online, so your thought is justified. The truth is that I tend to photograph about one time a week. I have social obligations that I whore myself out for, as well as a full-time job that tends to suck my creativity and will to live. I feel like I’m at a crossroads here. I do spend a good deal of time thinking about who/what I want to shoot next. Sure, I send out emails during my spare time at work trying to hook up the next gig, wondering when that zine wants me to shoot for them, etc. I probably have one hour a day of brainpower just sapped by thinking about all of this. Yeah, I missed the National Geographic internship application this year… hey, I looked on their site and I didn’t see it advertised anywhere. I know, my loss, and now I have to fly Sara out from the Republic of Georgia to kick my ass… er… wait. J Seriously though, it’s starting to feel like everything’s actually coming together. I have quite a few people requesting I photograph them or their band, a lot of people are stalking me by viewing my webpage, and hopefully I’ll be getting my freelancing work going soon. It all has to build on a solid foundation, right? I feel that I’ve done my time in classes (I’d like to take some more eventually), and I have most of the equipment I need for me to do this semi-professionally. I sunk a hell of a lot of money into a digital SLR at the beginning of the year. My opinion has been changed about digital. I still love film, but I’m beginning to save a lot of money on this, and I don’t have to spend hours going to the photo lab and scanning all of my photos anymore. Even though my photography still sucks, I’m sure I’ll be able to at least sell some of my work from this point forward. Where I’d like to move into is photojournalism with some of my own artistic photography (this could only mean female nudes, right?) on the side. I’m not saying I expect to be able to make a living off of this hobby this year, but maybe, just maybe the hobby will start paying for itself. I think charging people would be a good start. J
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