The Fight
August 16, 2011Instead of regurgitating what I wrote last week, these words from Ira Glass will suffice. read more
Spinning Wheels
August 10, 2011It's been a year since any of us have posted. A year in which we have all taken less photos, posted even fewer, and have questioned what the camera means to us. There seems to be a natural progression, a step by step process, that many photographers take. The awe one has when first taking up photography, the gathering of information to learn about specific things, the interacting with others on sites such as Flickr. You find a niche, you develop it, you begin to get more particular, you acquire more gear, and you wake one ... read more
Letting Go – Part Two
August 17, 2010In the first part of this series I wrote about having fun, and that if you are not having fun what's the point of even picking up that camera that's there beside you. Today, boredom rears it's ugly head. Lately I'm going through the motions. I'll pick up the camera, go stand in front of a wall, and bang out a photo. It's too hot here in Mississippi to go outside, so I'm confined to this small space trying to eke out another turd to upload to Flickr. And let me interject, if you're wanting to read a ... read more
The Amazing Misadventures of a So-Called Wedding Photographer
July 7, 2010"I have shot four weddings, I have shot four weddings." As I sat down to type up this blog that you may or may not be reading, I kept telling myself that. Me, a "photographer" with just two and a half years of experience under my belt has provided four couples with photos that they will keep for a lifetime...or until the divorce. You too can provide couples with lasting memories! All for one special low price, we have prepared the premiere wedding photography course for you, the novice photographer! All joking aside, this stuff is ... read more
Letting Go
June 11, 2010At some point this stopped being fun. Not just this blog, but the entire photographic process. Before I go any further, think about that first sentence for a minute. A hobby that became turned into passion isn't fun anymore. It had gotten tedious and trying. Like any relationship that grows stagnant, it was time to let it go. I abandoned my 365 for the tenth time, I stopped posting at the blog, and I stopped leaving comments for my contacts at Flickr. Every article I read about photography was about being creative ... read more
A Realization
April 26, 2010Over the past month or so I just had not been feeling it. Work was piling up, other interests were interceding, and the camera, aw that damned camera, was becoming a liability. And having been on Flickr for nearly 2 1/2 years, I was growing tired of seeing the same old crap: face paint, uninteresting ideas, jump shots, selective color, the list is endless. Even this blog was pissing me off, as it was eating up too much time trying to think up something I felt someone would read and comment on. So I did what ... read more
The Future is X-Rated
April 14, 2010I actually have no idea why I decided to use that as a title. But regardless, I bet it caught your eye. Right? Hmmm? Anyway, if you read Monday's blog entry you've seen that us "Clickers" (we must come up with a better collective name than that) are out burying bodies, dusting the pollen off our lenses, frequenting strip clubs, and attempting to relive our 20s. But in all seriousness, I think quite a few of us out there are standing at the precipice. What do I mean by that? I'm going to assume that the majority of ... read more