ODD: Go ahead and laugh at me now, however...

However I had somewhat of a strange two days yesterday and today:

Yesterday was the day that David Bowie came to town, for the first time in
fourteen years old.
Being only twenty three, I had not had the chance to see David Bowie before,
so I snapped up tickets when they went on sale, and managed to be on the
floor level, in row eighteen.

It was a strange experience. Firstly, I am a huge Bowie fan. Think of your
"all time favorite" actress, singer, performer, politician (snicker), and
what it was like when you first saw them live, and this is what it was like
for me.
Something though, was different.
I had a hard time enjoying myself. Something was different, and I realized
what it was.

For some reason, I could not get past the fact that I was not taking photos
of the show. Sounds silly perhaps, however I felt as though I was supposed
to be taking the shots. It was like a switch had been thrown, and after 75,
000 photos in the past five years, I was finally in agreement with the
nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I need to take photography
seriously, and that I need to go to school, get myself a serious dSLR camera
in time, and take it seriously, because I take good shots now, and in time
could take great shots.

I thought after the show, that I would email a local photographer who does
mainly nature sets, and gets a two page spread in the Sunday paper.

Today I grabbed my camera, went down to an indoor Devonian gardens downtown,
and saw the exact same photographer I was meaning to contact.
I got the nerve to talk to him. He was carrying two cameras, a Canon 10D
with a 100-600mm canon IS lens (drool), as well as a canon 1Ds.
I asked him if I could email him and have him look at some of my work, and
he said "sure" and gave me his email address.. Granted this is not a big
deal (it is published with his layouts), it was something, right?

Anyhow, it was a strange two days. I have confidence issues with my work,
but I know ultimately it is not bad at all, and borders on "decent" (I hate
to say "good", because everyone thinks that they are good), and it seems
more and more as though I should go to school, I should shoot for this, and
what exactly is stopping me lol.

See, told you it is odd. you can laugh if you want.
I wont post my url here, this is not some elaborate spam message for my
site... So I wont post it here.

Thanks for reading.
Steve.

 

From: "Steven C \(Doktersteve\)"

I kinda doubt that.
The lens you saw was the 100-400 IS.

 

(double drool)

Fortunately the digital realm is closing the gap between pro
and prosumer very quickly. Getting great, saleable shots is
as much a matter of creativity in subject and framing than
technique nowadays.

Nothing odd or laughable in your post. Now here is
something many will find laughable: smoke some weed,
open your mind, get some great images and get rich doing
what you love to do. Follow your bliss.

Rick