Saturday, January 22, 2005A Shout Out to Photography
I posted this on B-Roll.net, a news photography message board, but I wanted to post it here for those of you who might not have seen it. Besides, I think this might even be a better place for it.
About a month ago I left my full time position as a news photographer. It was out of frustration and anger and self doubt.
Over the month I've come to realize something.
It's true. You don't appericate something till it's gone.
While I continued to work part time, I grew more and more upset at the decision I made. I'd come to realize that I finally found my calling. Something I can actually see myself doing for the rest of my life. I'd origionally took the job just to expand myself as a production shooter. But now I don't think I could ever go back to that.
I've gotten lucky. I've found a new teevee news job and I can get back into it full time. I can assure you that I will never make this mistake again.
Photography is my love, and I am assuming, yours as well. So next time you're at city council or some dumbass press conference, remember what I tell people I meet when they ask my about my craft:
It beats a real job.
I say that because sometimes I feel bad that I get paid for having so much fun while some other poor schmuck is flipping burgers or washing cars.
Yeah, it's got its low points and it can be a total bitch at times, but nothing worth having is easy.
You know, I think the last sentence pretty much sums everything in life up. My mom said this too me on Friday, and of course I scoffed at her (I'm having my own issues now and I didn't really want them justified), but it's so true.
Granted, it's nice to have everything go your way - but you really do appericate things more when you have to work hard for them.
About a month ago I left my full time position as a news photographer. It was out of frustration and anger and self doubt.
Over the month I've come to realize something.
It's true. You don't appericate something till it's gone.
While I continued to work part time, I grew more and more upset at the decision I made. I'd come to realize that I finally found my calling. Something I can actually see myself doing for the rest of my life. I'd origionally took the job just to expand myself as a production shooter. But now I don't think I could ever go back to that.
I've gotten lucky. I've found a new teevee news job and I can get back into it full time. I can assure you that I will never make this mistake again.
Photography is my love, and I am assuming, yours as well. So next time you're at city council or some dumbass press conference, remember what I tell people I meet when they ask my about my craft:
It beats a real job.
I say that because sometimes I feel bad that I get paid for having so much fun while some other poor schmuck is flipping burgers or washing cars.
Yeah, it's got its low points and it can be a total bitch at times, but nothing worth having is easy.
You know, I think the last sentence pretty much sums everything in life up. My mom said this too me on Friday, and of course I scoffed at her (I'm having my own issues now and I didn't really want them justified), but it's so true.
Granted, it's nice to have everything go your way - but you really do appericate things more when you have to work hard for them.
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1 Comments:
Vegas hey well ...
A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all f***in' night.
Cheers
aussie
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