Anonymity

Well, I figured out the way to disassociate this from my professional work is to not link the two in any way. So the link was deleted. :) It just seems like such a PAIN to have a blog that is invite-only, as though the information I type out here is exclusive only to those who bother to read it. I don't have anything to hide, nor am I hiding from anyone. It's just work stuff and personal stuff needs to be separate.

This reminds me of someone I once knew who liked to have an online presence but always made an effort to hide from people. I don't know the purpose of doing that, other than to make oneself feel wanted when people try to search for you. But it's rather silly to be online, then to make yourself invisible so that you're there but not. Why bother? And really, who cares?

In all seriousness, though, I owe this whole REDO to the client whose wedding I am photographing this coming August. I was feeling rather down about my options. Like, okay, I went to school to be a graphic designer, did that for a while, then decided to be a mom full time. Now that I have to start earning an income again, I felt completely out of the loop. The only things I know how to do really well are changing diapers, cooking meals... and photography. I can also redesign the back of cereal boxes in my head but I honestly did not enjoy my short years as a graphic designer, mostly because of the long hours and relative lack of creativity.

So along came A, who was looking for a wedding photographer. She decided she wanted engagement photos done as well. I'm quite pleased with the shots I produced, and while redoing my website, searching my archives for content, I realized how much I have improved since I made my half hearted attempt at this last year. The talent out there is quite intimidating... there are so so so many good people I'd be competing with. But who says I can't be at that level one day?

At the same time an instructor at the gym asked me to photograph her boys, and I am hoping that many more jobs can come from that one contact. I was also approached by the program director at the gym about teaching BodyFlow, which was totally out of the blue since I've only taken a handful of yoga classes in my whole entire life. If I decide to train for this, I know it will be an invaluable way to meet new contacts, and hopefully a means to help build a clientele with the photography. I'm at the gym at least 15 hours a week, so I might as well get paid for part of that.

So that's that. I need to do more research on search engines to ensure people don't run into this when looking for Me the Photographer. In the mean time, I'm staying put.

(and thank you for the emails!)