A while back, a friend and I were talking about photography. Much like me, he loves photography and is pretty good at it. Anyway we were talking about how discouraging photography can be at times because there is too much emphasis on gear and stuff. He said that he used to read photography magazines but doesn't anymore. Then he said something that really stuck with me. He said that he doesn't want to be a professional, he just wants to take great pictures of his kids. While I agreed with him about the gear issue, I realized that his goal wasn't my goal, for a couple of different reasons. One, I'm bored with taking pictures of my kids. Two, once I take the pictures, what do I do with them? And three, no one in my house appreciates them anyway. Appreciates them, ha! I'll settle for not getting yelled at every time I try to take a picture or two. We are also currently in a bit of a milestone free zone around here so we don't even have any events on the horizon. So I decided to do the next best thing: take pictures of other people's kids. And since people think you are weird if you just randomly take pictures of their kids but a professional if you charge them to take the same pictures, I guess I will also be making a little bit of extra money. Speaking of other people's kids, this is my goddaughter, is she not the cutest thing??
