nstock Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Here are some goals I have for the New Year: 1.) Learn the digital work flow while still shooting film. 2.) Build/Market my own business and do less assisting. Although Assisting is fun, it is hindering me from making my own money and my own place as a phtographer. 3.) Attend a photography seminar or school for a few days by myself. What are your goals for this next year/season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_nance Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Great post. I've been daydreaming a bit about this lately, but I should really put some thoughts on paper about goals for '05. A first draft might look something like: 4) Book 20-30 weddings. 3) Purchase the lenses and lights we're currently renting for each job. 2) End the year with a nest egg to help us ride out the slow season in '06. ...And the number 1 goal for 2005... 1) Quit our day jobs! (or at least go half time) -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 1.) Learn to use this stupid scanner correctly and put together a website. 2.) Keep carrying around my Bessa L with the 15mm Voigtlander Skopar, holding it at arm's length, and shooting pictures of myself in various places with and without assorted people. This has been ongoing project for the past year or so, about 40 rolls of B&W film so far, plus a few pix in color. 3.) Keep printing B&W photographs from my 40+ year's worth of negative files of various famous people, from political figures like Jimmy Carter and Janet Reno to singer/musicians like Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin and actor/poet/author/art critic Rene Ricard. Also people like the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Abbie Hoffman and Gus Hall. A lot of these were shot in interview or casual situations long before they became famous. Janet Reno was in her 20's and Rene Ricard was 14! (A good reason to keep your negative files in order. You never know who's going to make it big!) I'm planning on putting together an exhibit and hoping to sell signed prints on the website as well. 4.) Continue writing a book on my life's adventures as a photographer. 5.) Go fishing a lot more often and get some use out of my 17 ft. Dusky open fisherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nstock Posted December 17, 2004 Author Share Posted December 17, 2004 Al: Gimme a call and I will help you with the fishing..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.m. Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Double my weddings Increase awareness and sales with family photography Get a contract with two major companies in my state Pay off my student loan!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_c. Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Find a day job and keep working, even if I make enough money with Photography.<br> Think about my retirement and put money in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_ogara1 Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Adam, what kind of lights do you rent, and how much does it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 My goal is just to get through next year! (^O^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjogo Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 ..As I always do with goals>> --set my standards very, very low --so I always exceed my expectations ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htc Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Nice post :) 1. find a good job 2. attend some photo classes 3. join a photo club 4. buy a 20D + lenses Marry Christmas and Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke ramirez Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 My goals: 1) Start school off on the right foot. 2) Make sure I spend time with the people who matter most. 3) Go hunting more than I did in 2004. 4) Build a good looking, functional website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medina photography cherry Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 1) Never cut my family short - spending time is better than spending money 2) 10 weddings or more 3) Have my website done proffesionally 4) Same as Dereck C; Keep my day job and get money in the bank 5) Get along better with my moron project manager 6) Get a second Digital body 7) Do more portraiture 8) buy a house with enough space to have a studio 9) get another AB 800 with accessories 10) spend less time on these boards Have a great 2005! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl photography Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 1) Go fishing with Al Kaplan: Trade some garden hackle and unused lures for a print. 2) Time-travel 35 years back: Borrow money to buy $20 8"x10" prints that were being made from Ansel's original negatives by his lab assistants, $20 cel's sold by Walt Disney, $7,000 new Ford Cobra, $5,000 used Ferrari that Phil Hill had raced twice, Linhof Technika (instead of all the other cameras I've bought), and other stuff I wanted then. Stupid scanners and moron managers are the pits, aren't they? They deserve each other.... As Doug Spotted Eagle says, "Happy Solstice!" "Brandon's Dad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colleendonovan Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Have this baby!! (He's coming in February) Build a website Book five more weddings (I know that's not a lot, but I'll have a new baby) Somehow get my name out to the Seniors at the high school. I would love to do a ton of Senior portraits. Build a bigger house. Earn enough to buy the truck my husband has been drooling over for months without him knowing and putting a big red bow on it so he sees it when he gets home from work one day. (That one is a little bit of a fantasy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris m., central florida Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I'm going to put my marketing plan in overdrive. Find a good wedding assistant here in FL who shoots digital! Book 40 weddings. Buy another Nikon DSLR and 17-55mm f2.8 Raise my prices. Buy a good truck or van that I can have lettered so I'm a rolling advertisment. I'd like a Ford Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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