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Ah, those two are good kids.

on the question of 'making it as a photographer': would give at least as much thought to whether I wanted to be in business for myself, as to how nice the increased freedom for creative pursuit could be, if I were in your shoes -- above all don't risk coming to love your art less.

Will Oldham is tremendolicious... he's ruined me for almost everybody else. I wish I were him very seriously sometimes. I like a lot of stuff from the Palace days, but I See A Darkness is too good. His Master And Everything isn't as good, but the guy is a total phenom.
[brag aside: He used to hang around Baltimore alot. I shared a smoke with him on a couple occassions, but I don't see him around anymore. He must've moved away.]

The sheer fact that you post a photo a day is inspiring. I recently received a degree in photography and I haven't picked up my camera to do any serious shooting in months. After taking so many photo classes and working at a portrait studio I got burnt. Now that I've seen your blog, and a few others, it makes me want to get back to business. I just can't seem to get started.
All that to say, your photos are great.

thanks rachel - i hope you can get started soon. i just started taking my camera everywhere and the inspiration seemed to follow.

paul - the issue of being in business for oneself really is the question in my mind. i find that i'm often more externally than internally motivated when it comes to work and that might not go well with running one's own business. its actually more tempting to find work as a photographer under someone who's been doing it for some time, but those jobs seem few and far between (if not non-existent in this part of the country). the other option would be photojournalism which really doesn't appeal to me. my photojournalist friends seem so abused by their papers that i've been quite turned off to the profession.

My personal opinion, I advised against working for someone else in the photography business. I did so for about 9 months. I enjoyed the first two, but quickly realized that my style didn't match up with their style. It makes work much mroe difficult when you're trying to please the customer, the boss, and most of all, yourself. It is also especially diffcult going into a family owned and opporated business. Every customer that comes in expects to have service from one of the family members...not 'that other girl'.
But those are just my thoughts.

umm ... gee andy. thanks for the flattering picture of me. i do like the yellow behind the blue on anna though. let's just say i was caught in a sneeze.

Omg thats right! Please come see me and my friends! ;)

I was just doing a search on the web and found this picture. I know the two of you from somewhere. I used to live in SAvannah. Do you know Brady King? Paul? I met you two somewhere. I'm having a wedding in Mississippi and need a photographer. Please write.