Pregled posta

Marketing

Washington Square Park, New York, NY.

Today was one of those rare lunchtime photowalks where I actually talked to somebody! Sitting down on a bench under a shady tree to watch this entertaining jazz group, I heard in my right ear, "is that a D300?".

Turns out I'd sat myself down next to a Nikon-using pro. We shared our enthusiasm for all the lust-inducing new camera bodies and lenses Nikon's been putting out lately, and at some point he asked if I'd thought about going pro.

I had to laugh a little... I have all the respect in the world for professional photographers, and know that the most important skills for the job have little or nothing to do with what you do behind the lens, and everything to do with the more social/business aspects of how to organize a shoot and leave the clients satisfied afterwards.

Who knows, perhaps one day in the WAY distant future it might be an opportunity for me. But for now the steady day job that gives me enough spending money to finance my camera hobby/addiction (and, I should add, a super-generous lunch hour), will do me just fine...

Rebirth Brass Band plays at the Maple Leaf Bar every Thursday. It was fun to watch them play since you can tell that no one took formal music lessons that forced them to hold instruments "properly." It was mesmerizing how this guy's NECK managed to puff out while he was playing. You can see that he is only holding the trumpet with one hand, the other hand is crossed over and sort of pushing on his cheek to manipulate air flow much like how bag pipe players do.