Today I am officially an amateur

at 08/16/10 12:22PM

Of course, by "today" I am referring to yesterday, or maybe a few days before that. And by "amateur" I am using my own definitions which are definitely not widely accepted. And by "officially" I don't mean anything because I really just through that in there to make me feel better about myself. By "I", I mean me, obviously.

So what am I talking about? Photography. I had my first paid gig on Friday. I can no longer say that I have never made a penny off of photography. I still will only accept tips, but apparently someone liked my work enough they thought I was worthy of some compensation. So, I am officially and amateur photographer. For the record, by my definitions, if I ever made a living off of my photography then I would be a professional photographer.

Congrats!

by chessman at 08/16/10 1:10PM
Cool! (I'm still on pleo, too. I was just out of pocket and didn't reply yet.)

by polaramy at 08/17/10 2:55PM
I think you are just maintaining your amateur status so you can be in the photographer olympics.

by amyleigh at 08/18/10 4:37AM

One and a half years later

at 08/13/10 7:10PM

It has been a year and a half since my last post (I got better, by the way). I have moved over to facebook and completely forgotten pleonast. I just jumped on because I had forgotten a link (to one of my own websites... how sad is that?). Are people still using pleonast these days, or has everyone made the jump?

Facebook is evil. Pleo rocks. The only thing facebook is good for is Farmville.

by chessman at 08/13/10 7:37PM
I still use pleo as my basic. I like it because you can carry on real conversations and develop/maintain relationships to some degree. Facebook is just a flood.

by chessman at 08/13/10 9:07PM
I much prefer pleonast. Facebook is...less personal.

by ucnclmeal at 08/13/10 10:34PM
I'm still here. I'm glad you're not a newt anymore.

by amyleigh at 08/15/10 3:21PM

The good and the bad

at 03/09/09 9:17PM

Not all things go according to plan. My brother got married... that was planned and good. However, after the wedding my parents, by sister and her family, Bonnie and I were all going to head down to Padre Island for some camping. Unfortunately, vows were not all that were given on Saturday, there was also a nasty virus (flu?). My brother's bride was sick, her brother and sister-in-law (who were also the photographers) and mother all were sick as well.

Bonnie and my dad woke up sick Sunday morning. My parents decided to head down to Padre Island anyway. I decided to head home. Sleeping in a tent with the flu did not sound fun to me. We made it to Kansas Sunday night, and I got sick during the night. So, Bonnie and I limped home today. Neither of us feels good, but we are happy to be home.

I just wish we had been able to go to Padre Island with the family!

Sorry about the illness. Glad to see you active around here again :-)

by chessman at 03/09/09 10:12PM
feel better jared! we all passed that around at christmas. April thru May is my favorite time @ the beach.

by riptide at 03/09/09 10:17PM
I hope you both feel better soon!

by ktay at 03/10/09 12:12AM
I'm so sorry that you are ill!

That poor bride!!!!!!! What a way to spend your first few days as a married woman.

by teathyme at 03/10/09 11:27AM
ewwww...that's awful! Especially during such a wonderful occasion! I hope you all feel better real soon!

by all_gods_children at 03/10/09 3:01PM
I hope you are feeling 100% soon!

by jaimer at 03/10/09 3:58PM
We've all had a round of sickness. I hope ya'll are doing better now.

by bryanharwell at 03/14/09 11:50PM
sorry man! i hope you ARE FULLY RECOVERED

by jay at 03/26/09 10:26AM
Sorry for the sickies visiting you but glad you made it home safely and are feeling better now.

by cdillman23 at 03/30/09 11:11AM
Hope everyone's feeling better

by gkbaker at 04/20/09 2:18PM
Hey, Jared. Haven't been ahold of you since FC. 12 years, yeesh, I'm getting old. This is Lucas Ward, by the way. Hope you and Bonnie are feeling better and that the last decade has been going well. Looking at the names on your friends list really takes me back a ways. Anyways, its nice to find you. I have fond memories of you and Bonnie.

by iamyourfather at 07/21/09 5:42PM

Travelling

at 03/05/09 10:44PM

I am currently in Texas. I have been blessed to see my friends Josh Buckman, Scott Eversole and Renee Buckman (who is Bonnie's cousin).

I would share more, but I have a wedding to prepare for.

have a great time, a lot warmer then CO ,:)

by riptide at 03/05/09 11:22PM
I hope you have a lovely trip!

by teathyme at 03/06/09 8:18AM
I am so sad that I didn't get to see you guys! Stinky sick little girl making me stay home with her...

by polaramy at 03/06/09 10:28AM
Sounds like a great trip! :)

by all_gods_children at 03/08/09 8:26PM

01/14/09 2:20PM

I wanted to share with you some of the things I am involved with this year:

Book of the month club - No, not things like Pride and Prejudice (that's Bonnie's department). Instead of doing a Bible in a year program, I started a Bible book of the month group. We focus on one book (or a few small books) and read that book as often as we can for a month. In addition, we get together for a casual discussion (sharing things we observed and questions we had) twice a month (we meet on the second and last Tuesday night). With read the Bible through in a year, the goal is to have read something. However, with this plan the goal is to know something. We had our first meeting last night and I thought it went wonderfully. It was great sitting in a room full of Christians who just wanted to talk about something they had been reading and thinking about from the Bible. This month we are reading First, Second and Third John. That is 7 chapters to focus on for 31 days. I highly recommend that you try this where you are at.

Photoclub - I love taking pictures, so I thought I would join with others who enjoy picture taking or want to learn more about it. We are getting together one Saturday a month to go some fun place and take pictures. Our first photo-outing is this Saturday.

Last year I tried to take one picture a day. That went great, but after my trip to Turkey and Greece (where I took 6,000 pictures), I was tired of my camera so I quit. This year I am going to make it a little more simple, and just shoot for 7 pictures a week (that way I don't have to set up everyday).

And that, is what I am doing differently this year.

Man, I wish we lived closer. I'd love to participate in the bible class (I guess you/we could do it online too) and learn from a developing master in photography to boot.

by dragonwriter at 01/16/09 7:55AM
That bible book of the month is an excellent idea

by gkbaker at 01/19/09 7:02AM
LOVE the book of the month club...i think I am going to try that!

by create_a_way at 02/17/09 3:04PM
I like the book of the month club!

by cdillman23 at 03/04/09 11:06PM

Today I am officially an amateur

One and a half years later

The good and the bad

Travelling

01/14/09 2:20PM

jhagan

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