Developing a photographic eye is one of the coolest aspects of photography. Yet it is strange because while we can be standing side by side with someone what they see is different from what we see.
Read MoreRunning a business is exhausting. 2020 was exhausting. 2021 proved to be just as exhausting as well, but 2022 has zapped what remaining energy I have had.
I have found that I feel like I am in a perpetual state of exhaustion whether it is from the state of the world or even because I also battle a chronic neurological disease that has been kicking my ass more often than not, is hard to say. It could also be a very overwhelming schedule, trying to find my drive to market my book, and figure out where this whole photography career is head following these last few years.
Read MoreEveryone in the world has stumble across someone, somewhere soliciting some good or service. It really is inevitable and I am sure you all have been annoyed by the approach. As a photographer, a business person I receive multiple emails a week, messages to my Facebook pages, and direct messages on Twitter, LinkedIN, and Instagram sometimes daily from someone with a good or service they want me to try, indorse, review on this blog…
Read MoreSometimes in my own head it feels like I purposely set up a friendship to fail. In some ways I definitely did, I can take ownership of that because the friend did exactly as I anticipated, and knowing that part of me feels responsible for helping push the wheel in motion. But they say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I had to push this wheel to confirm what I knew was already true. That our friendship had been over for awhile and I was simply being used because I didn’t want to end something I put so much of myself into.
Read MoreDefining yourself as a photographer is the first major step in being a photographer. You can have a camera, you can take pictures but until you believe you are a photographer you simply are just a person who takes snap shots.
Read MoreRead MoreIt is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since I lived and completed that program. Traveled to 10+ countries and got to be a nomad of a sort. I miss it, I miss the travel, the locations, the photography, and the freedom.
