A great track by FAITHLESS

I thought, as a mate said to me, even though you don’t have enough hours in the day to keep all this stuff rolling - “what matters to you?”… Well, I need to have a place to get all of this stuff out of my head, so, blogger.gtvone.com stays. Facebook - yeah, marketing tool - not for the clients I’m after, it’s gone. Twitter - handy resource, stays… MySpace… well, more about connecting with musicians for me and not so much an every day thing, so that Stays… The big thing on the list is DPS - DPS, what is it? My daily forum that I look after, a forum of 24k photographers, just starting out photographers and a hand full of Pros too. DPS stays… Infact, I’d say that DPS would go second if it were a competition between that and my “day job”

[insert resolute stare here] Talking to another controlling friend, i.e. a friend that I listen to and respect, though some days he cracks me up with his decisions! We get talking about this whole DPS thing….[is there a picture here somewhere?!]

…anyway, he seems to think that I should put a deadline on DPS, I mean, if DPS does take up all my time, at some point I am going to need to either commit to it full time’ish or let it go a bit… Right now this isn’t on the table, it’s something I love doing, so, for now I will continue.At the same time, I guess it would be fair to say that DPS needs to commit to me, too? Or, does it? - There are many more of “me” right? No, not really… Hell, I take my blackberry in the shower, I’m online pretty much most of every day… So, well… I’m not going to stop my online presence, that’s a bad idea - but - I’m going to try and use my time better.

I have a day job, and as such, I have to keep it because it pays the bills and nothing else does… DPS gets me a couple of free books and a bag from time to time, but having the bills and needing to pay them isn’t going away. I don’t really like what I do anymore, I’d give it up in a minute, actually. Right now might not be the right time to do that though, so, I need to focus on things I love to take my mind off the things that I don’t.

I was thinking about it, maybe I could try more photography, or, some photography at all - I need to get some cards and I need to start selling myself. I can take a portrait, I don’t like taking your regular portraits, I am a bit about taking portraits that are a little bit different - but, are they different?… This one here (to your? left? right? above?) it’s what I like, but, at the same time, I can shoot a gorilla… (to your left, right, below?) Maybe I could shoot you?
Maybe? Yeah, well, there you have it - Have I convinced myself that I need to start talking peoples photos for money? Am I good enough? I think I am.. but, (ain’t there always a HUGE butt!) BUT I only think I’m good enough at this stuff compared with other people that I see taking photos and charging them for that service. SO, that said, next week in the DPS assignment - we have another FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC sponsor in G-Technology, they’ve offered us a 1TB G-Tech Q drive, a brilliant four connector drive as a prize for the best photo that says “Drive” So, we shall see… Join up and submit your image from this Wednesday. (Click the DPS logo below)