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Thursday, November 04, 2010

With thanks to Earl and Brandon...

Earl Nottingham and Brandon Jakobeit suggested that we take a short drive out of Alpine to see if we could find a "sunset" picture. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
This is all I came up with, rather generic and predictable, but it was fun to see what the 4880 would produce.
Regardless of the photographic outcome, the trip to Alpine and Sul Ross University for the "Shooting West Texas" symposium was well worth the time and expense.
Check out Wyman Meinzer's newest book, "Under one fence". Available at Sylinda's website.

The people who live in West Texas are different than you and me, they live in West Texas and they love it.
In my experience they are a very open and friendly group of people and have no trouble welcoming strangers. I met new friends who share my love of the photographic medium and are pursuing it with passion and commitment. The trip turned out to be a very good way to spend a weekend.

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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.