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Saturday, July 25, 2009

We're coming to the end of a wonderful trip...

Cathy and I are in Dallas today and will head home tomorrow.
We got to town about noon and made our first stop at the Taco Joint, it was packed. http://thetacojoint.com/
The wait in the line to order was about 15 minutes. Amazing!!!
Jeff and Cory certainly have read the public mood correctly. They are selling high quality food at a great price and excuse me for saying, the public is eating it up.
As far as the trip is concerned, we had a great time. Weather was wonderful, food was terrific and we met some wonderful people. Had dinner at Paquals with Alan Arken and met Dom Imus at the airport in Alburquerque when we where picking up Gail. Neither Alan or Don had much to say.
For me the best part of the trip was the 2 hour visit with one of the World's Masters of Photography, Willian Clift. http://www.williamclift.com/
I've been a fan of his work ever since he spoke at the Houston Center for Photography in the 1980s.
Thanks to a lady at the Photoeye bookstore and the purchase of an early edition book and photogravure, I had a chance to visit with Mr. Clift.
In short it was a very inspirational visit and wonderful experience. He has made some of the most beautiful photographs I have seen.

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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.