Hi WordPress. My name is Dave.
Nice to meet you. What’s that? Oh, we’ve met before. Well how embarrassing. I guess it’s been so long since we last conversed. Boy is my memory going these days. I suppose if nothing else I can electronically document my goings ons.
Work has been slow. More like nonexistent. It’s amazing that when everyone else has no money, that includes money that they would give to you for your services. Film shoots come and go but the smaller work like headshots and websites that I usually supplement the down times with have come to a halt do to people’s finances. This in turn is very bad for mine. It’s also not just an economic downfall. It affects mental health outside the realm of no money no happiness. The all too popular question “what am I going to do today?” rises from one’s head and invokes feelings of discomfort much like that of a young student being called on in class. The reason being that when you don’t have a job, thus no money, there really isn’t much of an answer.
Sure there is at first. I bet you could think of a ton of things to do when you have unlimited time. I could draw a picture. Nah. I could clean my room. Maybe a smaller task. How about a nice run? Gee that seems like a lot of work what with the whole running part then getting clean afterwards. All of these are my standard go to items when boredom sets in and while I do indulge in them from time to time, there is one that trumps all. Photos. Not only does it wring out some of the creative juices, it can potentially take up a boat load of time, what with the actual shooting and post work. Still there is that overwhelming feeling of creating a nice image and not being compensated, be it monetary or pure exposure.
This is where the side of me comes in that needs work. My brother gave me a huge book for Christmas that lists just about every place/agency/group that buys photographs and all the info pertaining to what they want and how to get it to them. I need to sit down and work my way through it bit by bit. Sounds easy but not very creative. I need a secretary.
Tomorrow will be a productive day. At least before noon. Then I’ll be all done with the piddly crap I dub important and will sit around the rest of the day watching Netflix and griping about how there’s nothing to do.
