Nothin's Easy!

I made my first post yesterday.

Well, at least I thought I did, but everything just vanished when I hit "PUBLISH POST". And I mean vanished. Without a trace. I should have smelt a rat when I saw the "SAVE NOW" button flashing. I'll know next time.

The "Go Back" arrow didn't work. My words had simply vapourised in a puff of electrons. What a disappointment! My first brush with internet (as opposed to intranet) blogging failed miserably.

Anyway let's try again.

As I said in my phantom post, I'm a victim of the Global Financial Crisis. Since last November, I've only had three months of paid work. I've gone from feast to famine. Luckily, I don’t owe any money, except perhaps to the taxman. It’s uncomfortable going from easy comfort to “oops, can’t afford that!”, but at least I’m not destitute. Mind you, the wife’s not happy, so I’d better get moving!

Now, I haven't been doing nothing. One of the things I have done is to try to get into the business of making and selling photographs. So far I've made, but not sold any. Which brings me to the subject of this blog. It's going to be about my experiences, misadventures and hopefully, success at making a living in photography.

Now first up, I have to admit that I’m not a photographer’s bootlace. So if you’re a pro, you won’t find anything here. Neither will you find much if all you’re into is gear. I’ll tell you how I use my gear, but don’t expect technobabble and testing. After all, the vanished post saga should tell you something about my level of geeksterese!

However, I reckon I’ve got a reasonably good eye and a fair sense of what’s aesthetically good, so I can tell utter crap from okay. So I reckon I do have something going for me. Others can tell me if it’s talent and I’ll have to bow to their opinion.

So this will be a narrative about trying to get a business going.

I hope at least someone can get something from it.