Amtec vs. Guitar

I've decided to take the plunge...

No, not marriage.

A website. See, it just seems so unnecessary. I'm not soliciting business. I never ask for it. I do free shoots for friends, inexpensive shoots for friends of friends. That's how I roll. Beyond that, I don't think too hard about photography as a profession. But... inadvertently, I seem to have caused my small, tiny photography side business to create sparks, to dazzle and wow (okay, okay, slight exaggeration). I just don't know what to do!

A few nights ago, I got home relatively early (6:08 pm--that's almost under an hour commute!), and I sat my butt down at the computer to start processing images, and I took a break around 10:13 to run the finished product of my Memorial Day shenanigans to Steph and Brett, and then I came home and sat at the computer again until 1:18, when I decided that I should probably get some sleep for my "real" job.

Then, a few nights after that, I promised myself I would relax. I would be irresponsible. But then I couldn't get ShowIt Fast out of my mind--thanks to the snazzy sites some of my favourite photographer's are sporting (see Jasmine Star and Kate Noelle), and really, Steph put it so well the other night: "Uh, play guitar or work at Amtec? Puh-lease." (Yes, she actually said puh-lease.) "Guitar."

The thing is, photography may not have been my dream as a five-year-old (missionary), an eight-year-old (architect), a fourteen-year old (fashion designer), but it's my thing now. No matter how much I resist it, photography--this form of art--is part of my life. It's not going anywhere.

I just think it's really ironic that the day before I got my job at Hospice Care, I booked two big jobs. And since then, several more. I say I'm busy, and people tell me they'll work around my schedule. How crazy is that? To be honest, I think it's nonsense. I don't see anything spectacular in my pictures. But the jobs keep coming my way, and the opportunities are becoming bigger and bigger... not to mention harder and harder to pass up.

So, here it is: the announcement. I'm taking the plunge, creating a website. I'm not sure why, yet, but I guess it's because if I had a choice between Amtec and guitar, I'd pick guitar... Well, in my case, I guess it's a "real job" and an artsy one. Let's be honest... I'm not exactly the "thrives well in a corporate environment" type.