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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Things Change faster than I do.

Last Friday I traded in the "sports car" for a sedan.
The idea is to give Cathy a nice car to drive to school, it's the middle of the second semester and she needs a boost in spirits ( All teachers do at this time of year.) and I'm not going out in the country in a small, low slung automobile and try and drive back roads. It also seems to make economic sense to trade the hot rod while it still has good market value.
I hadn't realized that I would have so much trouble making a change like this but it's true. The thought of leaving Wall Street behind is not an easy one to come to terms with. It's been a major part of my life for so many years that now that I'm actually making the change I'm filled with all sorts of second thoughts.
Perhaps the best thing for me to do is get busy making pictures. My recent experience hasn't produced anything that I'm wildly excited by, so I'm a little depressed about my new work. I can change that by making more work.
I'm beginning to find that I agree more and more with my friend Vestal, all I really need is a 35mm camera and with enough effort a few good photographs will result.
Heres' a little of the recent work, http://www.lenkowitz.com/

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It occurs to me...

I've been thinking about the business of making photographs and I'm going to use this forum as a place to share some of those thoughts.
I'll also post new pictures as they get to the "finished" state and provide information on how you can go about having your very own copy. Taking a cue from Duane Keiser, http://www.duanekeiser.com/ , I think marketing my own work is the best way for me to go, at least for the time being

As I think about becoming a "photographer", I've spent some time with people who have made that choice long ago and are now working very hard at it.The work they have produced is in many cases, excellent. What I have noticed is that the profession has a very low return on the time invested. It's far cry from my previous career where the return on my time was actually very high.
Great credit is due those individuals who choose to become photographers and then actually make a "living" by making pictures.

One night last week I took two "portfolios" to the Houston Center for Photogrphy to have them "reviewed". It was an interesting experience.
I was told that the landscape work had no relationship to the short set-up comments I made and that I should keep working on the blk&wht, "Ode to O'Keffee" portfolio.
It was pointed out to me that "landsape" work is highly competitive. Interesting observation, how did I fail to see that?
It occurs to me that showing my work to strangers is a productive activity, at least for me. Unfortunately, I probably gain more from the experience than those who see the pictures for the first time. Maybe it's a fault of the work, not strong enough or unusual enough? Maybe it's the "reviewers" problem?
In any case, it's all just opinion and not fact. I will continue to seek out the opinion of anyone who is willing to look at the pictures, I will also continue to make pictures that I like.