Do Professional Photographers Ever Photograph for Fun?

This is a good question (as opposed to a bad question).  First things first – I do not know if professional photographers ever photograph for fun – but I imagine they do.  I am, technically, not a professional photographer, yet, as I do not earn my living as a photographer or photographic artist.  I am continuously working on becoming a photographic artist though.  Once my ecommerce site is operational, it will play a key role in me achieving that goal.  That being said, I do photograph for fun.  Besides the fact that I have fun every time I do a shoot, I make images that I have no plans for except to look at for my own enjoyment.  I really like photography and I hope you do too.

(Designation, Self Portraits - not named at this time.)

Happy New Year, 2016

It’s been a long time since I wrote something here.  Well, I have been busy.  I graduated from Cal State San Bernardino in the summer of 2014.  I got a job later that year.  I worked at that job for almost a year before I got the really great job I have now.  And I closed on a house last October and got my kids out of that horrible apartment complex we lived in for too long.  Yes, I would say that I have been a little preoccupied.  But #photography is my thing and I miss it tremendously.  And this blog is a good vehicle to show some of it.  So I need to get back to it.

Things That I Have Done, 3

Here is the last video I created in Final Cut Pro X for my Digital Motion Imaging class.  This one was not a commercial but rather a kind of how-to video.  I explained how I made a woodcut (or woodblock) print in printmaking after I touched on why I made this particular print.  Printmaking is something I’m going to continue to do also – it is as therapeutic as photography.  All of the photos in the video, as in all of the videos, it took.  Well, except the “DA photo” and the last one with me and the Polish colonel.  I think this video is the best.

Things That I Have Done

I will graduate tomorrow with a bachelor’s degree.  This is one of the things I did to earn it.  It was the first video I created in Final Cut Pro X.  It’s a bit rough but I liked it.