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My Hobbies as a Photographer Includes

My Hobbies as a Photographer Includes

Years ago photography used to be my hobby, the very thing I did for fun and not to earn a living. When I started doing it as a profession shooting for myself fell to the wayside, and it became a job. I had to develop different hobbies as a result things I would have time for; such as reading.

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Are you a Reader? Come Follow ME on Goodreads

Are you a Reader? Come Follow ME on Goodreads

I have been a member of Goodreads for a long while, the problem is I haven’t always been faithful at review books on it, updating my books read, or really utilizing it. That is until last year and my addiction to Kindle Unlimited and since becoming a Goodreads Author!

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Hiring a Photographer is A Wise Investment

Hiring a Photographer is A Wise Investment

There comes a time in every ones life when they are wanting to have specific photographs made. Before when I was young that meant you looked up a studio or photographer in the phone book, called made an appointment and drug everyone to a studio in dressy clothes. Then you waited usually a week or two for proofs to come back and would have to go in sit down with the photographer and choose your images and prints.

It was a longer more drawn out process than it is today.

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Come Follow ME on Goodreads

Come Follow ME on Goodreads

I have been a member of Goodreads for a long while, the problem is I haven’t always been faithful at review books on it, updating my books read, or really utilizing it.

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Failing at Marketing

Failing at Marketing

As we are all aware I published my first book in February. One would assume writing, editing, formatting, and publishing a book is the real work and they are right and wrong. Marketing is the real work.

And I have been failing at marketing.

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The Watermark Debate

The Watermark Debate

Photographers for years have been trying to find ways to protect their work from theft. From calling thieves out on social media, having theft walls where they list known photo thieves, and of course watermarking the crap out of their images to deter the would be takers.

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