I looked back at my very first post - Over two years ago. I quote myself, two years younger:
"I went into a funk for a few days, having lost my "mojo", my passion, my fire. Photography for the sake of photography wasn't going to be good enough ever again. It was time to face the music. I had to take another step or I'd get sucked back into the empty void lacking inspiration."
And I realized I never took that step. No, I tried. Once. And got shut down by the stock photography website. And so what did I do? I took lots more pictures, and a class, and went places and took more pictures... And eventually DID get sucked back into that void lacking inspiration. . .
What I didn't tell you, dear reader, was that I found an outlet at my previous job where I photographed the exciting world of cables and
connectors and antenna on a white background and tried to make it all look sexy. This kept me quite content as I photoshopped out the background that didn't stay white enough, and put together little arrangements of black cables, gold connectors, silver amplifiers. . . I learned photoshop much better. Created some pretty interesting pieces considering it was such an un-interesting subject. And learned a little about printing, colors, and even a touch of Adobe Illustrator and In Design. These were published to the website, on tradeshow signage, on spec sheets, on instructions and in catalogs. I even got to design mass email blasts through Constant Contact. It apparently quenched my thirst for creative work. Up until last October when I got laid off. It seems that engineers and techies aren't interested in the photographic quality of the items they're buying - only that the item works.
So back to dabbling and taking photographs rarely, and not being quite as amused by it all.
Until my current boss came across my background on my computer: Fall leaves
caught in a Wave. She asked me to print out a photo for the silent auction fundraiser. That and the fact that I was going through "The Artist's Way" (so I actually followed through with it), lead to the sale of the 11 x 14 inch photograph matted and framed for over $100.
Encouraged by the first sale of a photograph, I'm taking baby steps towards actually doing what I set out to do 2 years ago: Creating a business in photography. Add to that a splash of fine art, and I've got a business.
My trade name is KT Imagery. I'm making progress. And better yet, having fun and being i
nspired. See
http://ktimagery.blogspot.com/.
connectors and antenna on a white background and tried to make it all look sexy. This kept me quite content as I photoshopped out the background that didn't stay white enough, and put together little arrangements of black cables, gold connectors, silver amplifiers. . . I learned photoshop much better. Created some pretty interesting pieces considering it was such an un-interesting subject. And learned a little about printing, colors, and even a touch of Adobe Illustrator and In Design. These were published to the website, on tradeshow signage, on spec sheets, on instructions and in catalogs. I even got to design mass email blasts through Constant Contact. It apparently quenched my thirst for creative work. Up until last October when I got laid off. It seems that engineers and techies aren't interested in the photographic quality of the items they're buying - only that the item works. 
caught in a Wave. She asked me to print out a photo for the silent auction fundraiser. That and the fact that I was going through "The Artist's Way" (so I actually followed through with it), lead to the sale of the 11 x 14 inch photograph matted and framed for over $100. 
nspired. See http://ktimagery.blogspot.com/.
