I may be crazy, but I had what I think was an interesting idea. We'll find out soon enough which is right. I posted an add on Craig's List offering custom photos of any person, place or thing. There are some rules of course. But I don't want to have to say no to any responses I get.

It's a kind of test, or exorcise. The point of which is to force me to take photos of things I haven't thought of. So anything I skip is like getting a test question wrong. Then again, in the past I have had some strange responses form Craig's List, so we will just see what happens.

Of course any ideas any of you may have, are also welcome. And I plan on posting all resulting photos here as well.

So on Friday my RSS reader grabbed a Craig’s List post. An equestrian photographer had a couple of people bail on her only a few days before an event. Now she needs 2 more photographers in a pinch for Saturday.

The event was predictably boring. I’m not a horse person. But photographically it was interesting. Getting the right shot when the horses are moving, is all about timing. Watching where the horses legs are, and how their moving, to predict where and when you want to pull the shutter.

It was a challenge. But ultimately it’s one of those jobs I would only do for the money. I’m just not a horse person.

The thing that really surprises me, is that I went from wondering what I was going to do this weekend, to Having Saturday booked from 5am to 8pm in under 10 minuets. That speed is just a little scary to me. But I needed the $100, so I went for it.

Well I just had a crazy week. And it ain't over yet! Wednesday my computer started giving me all kinds of shit after installing the new updates from Microsoft. So I decided to reinstall everything. I'm still working on the last touches of that fiasco.

I have gotten many responses from my Craig's List model search. More than I was expecting actually. Some a little "off color" (I think that's the term). But most seem cool. I actually had my first session with one on Thursday. A cool kind of metal looking guy. A real character. We did get some good shots, but nothing with any real wow!

Friday I was up at 4am to catch the 5:15am train to NYC. I got on the Brooklyn movie set by around 8am. And spent the next 3 days taking pictures of the final chapter of the Copsa Mica production. Once again it was an exhausting, painful, roller coaster of a good time. However it had it's pit falls. A Macbook they wanted me to upload my photos to killed about 400 pictures. Luckily just over 200 were already backed up to a PC. I will probably write a Mac rant about that later.

Then when I returned to my car at 1am Monday, I realized I had left my keys in Brooklyn. It wasn't a big problem. My father has an extra set just for when this happens.

Now I have to get my keys back, finish fixing my computer. Get my first models photo CD out to him Get the last photos that survived the Mackbook to Ryan. Get my keys from Ryan. And regrettably the photos that my last wedding client asked me to print are still sitting on my desk a week later, because I have been running at full speed practically since I got them from the printers.

I'm just a little stressed out. And though I know it will eventually, None of it is paying off yet.

P.S. Oh ya sorry but some how (I think I know how) comments are completely broken. Don't bother making any they never get recorded anywhere. I'll have to fix that eventually.

So yesterday when I when browsing around Craig's List for work. I decided to go a little proactive. I was inspired by a video from my favorite YouTuber Blunty3000. He was being photographed by a professional photographer, as the photographer's Portrait of the week. That seemed like a cool idea. Something I could do to practice, and experiment.

As a hired photographer I'm doing a job for whoever hired me. That means I have to take the photos they want. If I were to have someone sit for me instead, I get to take the pictures I want.

So I posted a Graig's List add requesting people willing to sit for portraits, to contact me. Well I received 3 emails in less than 8 hours. The first of which I talked to on the phone already. Over the weekend, he will com up with ideas that depict who he is and his interests, and I will try to come up with potential locations near me. Then on Monday we will come up with something. He seems like a cool guy. I have high expectations for this.