Don't you just love change?...I do sometimes...and other times...not so much. Photography has been full of change in the last 5 years. Digital has brought this all about. Some of it has been good change for the profession and other things not so great. For instance, we can do things here with digital that we only dreamed about a few years ago. Downside is...we had to invest in the technology, hire more people, and face a huge learning curve. And then buy more every few years or so...just to stay competitive. Oh well, that's the world we live in like it or not.
I have been working on creating a presence in Facebook and My Space. Just trying to stay current in the marketplace, you see. Luckily, I have my daughter and others to help me understand the process. So 2009 will bring us farther down the road and new challenges await. The old ways of marketing photography are a changing and it reminds me of an old Bob Dylan song...The times they are a changin....
Just because you are 50 something doesn't mean you are ready to be put out to pasture. After all, I think my creative abilities are the best they have ever been...after all...you don't get 30+ years of experience without the 30+ years...so I really think I am doing the best work of my life at the moment...just need to change the way we market it to a new generation.
It's kinda like preaching to the new generation...The message of Christ doesn't change but you surely must change the way the message is delivered. In the same way that our studio is brought into 2009 draggin and screamin, the church will have to do the same if we are to reach the next generation. The ancient Christians faced hardships that we can only read about...but we will face hardships as well. 2009 will bring some of those hardships and we will try to weather the storm...Business as well as Spiritual. God Bless us Everyone.
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