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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Fumes, Fumes, Fumes...

Breathing lacquer fumes is not my favorite way to spend Sunday afternoon.

I have to make concessions to move this job along, the contractor wants to finish by Thanksgiving and I'll be thankful for that. Today the painting sub was here to prime the woodwork. Didn't take that much time but the FUMES will be with us for a while.

I'm not complaining, just stating fact.

Interesting side bar, Friday I got a call from an old friend who is an architect. He made the point that whenever he is hired to do a remodel he tells the client, "You don't want to do this.". The client argues and insists that they do want to do it. I now know what he means.

We're well into the home stretch now and it will be a big improvement to the house when it's all done. Tomorrow we do insulation, as in blown in the atic and the painter sands. MORE DUST!!!

The counter tops are being fabricated and will be here in 10 to 14 days.

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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.