Another year has come and gone

Another year has come and gone. (close enough)  I am looking forward to the new year.  I have high hopes that my photography will take off.  (I have to keep it as a second income)  I just plan of keeping my fingers crossed and my chin up.  What is the worst that can happen?  I fall flat on my face.  Well fuck, at-least I tried.  It is better then what my father did.  He worked at a job he hated because of the retirement benefits.  (pension)  What fucking good did it do? He died in his early 60’s with less then five years of retirement under his belt.  (the last year he was sick) 

I am happy where I am now, I just need another income to provide for my family.

Mark

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 originally uploaded by John-Roy.

image from my final project.

Final project for school

    I finally finished my final project for school. (I just have to show them to my instructor/advisor.)  For those of you who do not know, I was doing a set of portraits in the style of Platon.  (www.platonphoto.com)  Platon uses wide angle lens to do his portraits.  We are not talking about fun house mirror looking images, just tastefully done.  He did an image of Obama that is fantastic.  (It was on the cover of time)   Please take a look at his work and see for yourself.

The gallery page is www.john-roy.com/gallery/final

  

I think I upset some people at my camera club

  I think I ruffled a few feathers at the the GLPA.  We had a model shoot yesterday and I decided to continue doing my final project for school.  (Using a wide angle lens for portraits like my hero Platon does.)  They are very “traditional” photographers and think that whatever golden rules there might be on photography, you cannot break.  While they did seem supportive, I do not think I completely had their blessing.  Do not get me wrong, I do respect their views.    That is why when people go out in groups, they do not line up behind one another and shoot/frame the same exact shot over and over again. 

Naked Ambition

Last monday I went to see Michael Grecco give a lecture/book signing on his latest book, Naked Ambition : An R-Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry.  This lecture was given by the The Photographic Resource Center (PRC) sponsored the event.  He is an incredable photographer and I learned a lot. 

   A lot of people would be turned off b/c of the nudity and porn but it is well crafted and would not be afraid to leave it on my coffee table when Mommy comes by.