The story so far...

One of my biggest pet peeves is posers. I could list many examples, but for the sake of time and keeping your interest, I will mention only the most relevant. I got my first "nice" camera December of 2004. It was the Canon Digital Rebel, and I thought it was the nicest camera in the entire world. Of course now, five years later, I still have the same camera and find people on a regular basis who have a higher megapixel camera on their cell phone than my "nice" camera can produce. I don't care for that camera anymore (though it has served me extremely well) and am looking forward to getting my Canon 7d in the next week or so. Whats the difference? Back when I got the Rebel, I told everyone that I was a photographer. But the truth is I didn't know the difference between an F-stop and a refrigerator, I had never done a paying job, and I knew just enough about Photoshop to run a quick filter and say "Hey, that's kinda cool". Now, I have been photographing for five years, I have worked at the top (in my opinion) portrait studio in Amarillo for three years and have trained under a Master Photographer for the last year. I have made a living exclusively by doing photography for the last three years. Now I am a professional photographer. All this is said as an admittedly long winded way of saying: I am not a fashion photographer and I will not claim to be one until I am making my way in that world. This is a record of my journey.

I am writing this blog for a few reasons:
1. My own catharsis. A place to vent when things get to me.
2. For anybody else who is walking a similar path and wondering what to do next, or if this is the life for them.
3. For those who know and care about me, to give them a way of keeping up with my journey.
4. If I think someone, somewhere out there is rooting for me, I will be less likely to give up.

Here we go...