I say only semi-OT because I am a *Pentax* photographer.
I attended the Central Region winter seminar for the PPofNC Sunday and
Monday. Hoped there would be at least one speaker with ideas on how to
improve myself as a photographer, but it was all about at marketing
yourself.
Even the one session that was supposed to be about how to streamline
PhotoShop and Lightroom was about how to get the images up on Facebook
faster.
It's pretty much 24/7 social media now. Actually left me with a question
and some doubts.
Q: In this 24/7 assault on Facebook et al, when do you actually make
time to take photographs?
And none of it addressed my current aims in life.
I don't want spend 24/7 on a computer marketing myself. I spend far too
much of my time on the computer now just from trying to keep up with
this one mailing list I belong to.
As a photographer, I don't want to *WORK* full time. My aim is a part
time business to supplement my income just enough to pay for the
equipment and perhaps a little location travel.
I undertake the *work* of photography for a specific purpose; to allow
me to afford what I need in order to enjoy the *pleasure* of
photography. In other words, I'll take the photos someone wants to buy,
so that I can have the financial resources to take the photos *I* want
to take.
But, it's not worth it if I have to work so hard I never have time for
myself.
And then there's Facebook. That's a problem in itself.
I'd rather be trapped in a Bronx phone booth at 3:30am on Sunday
morning, masturbating a rabid mountain lion with a handful of rusty
barbed wire than to spend one minute on Facebook.
Yes, I *am* a Luddite!
I'd start a fan page for Luddites Anonymous, but I don't have a Facebook
Account.
Later ... gotta get ready for school. Looks like the ice has melted
enough that it's finally going to open today.
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