I remember hearing about some guy that worked as a rail splitter for some time. He was self taught and became a lawyer, and later became president. Turned out learning from reading books by kerosene light happened to be pretty good training for the office. Self taught does not mean uneducated. There are people that consider them self educated because they read a photography book in high school 20 years ago, and there are self educated people that write the textbooks. Usually not hard to figure out which is which.
Still I am glad you have a Irish whistle. As a fan of Celtic Women, (ok the fact that the women are not so hard on the eyes might have a bit to do with it) they have a violin player. Perhaps they have an opening for a whistle player as well. It would be a much better job than weddings, and think of the photos you could take while traveling.
There is Lisa, Chloe, Lisa, Mariread on violin and Lea on Irish whistle. Now that is a CD and DVD that is sure to be golden
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Subject: Re: no, everybody's not a photographer
From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, September 25, 2011 11:53 pm
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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I'm completely self-taught so what am I even talking about?
I bought a penny whistle at the Irish Fest here in Kansas City a couple weeks ago. I think I'll try to get some gigs playing it at weddings. Ha ha ha ha!
Lea
the most wonderful things in life aren't things
On Sep 25, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Herschel Mair <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What I love about professional photographers is their sense of entitlement. It would stun a Pharoh. It's hilarious.
> I get a lot of lucky shots and, honestly, my degree isn't worth the paper its printed on. My experience is a hit and miss business. I'm on the street like a newbie and often the newbie will get the job instead of me. They'll have a so-so baseball player pic in the portfolio and the client wants a baseball player shot. My beautiful pictures of cricket players only serves to illustrate that I can't shoot baseball players.
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> But I remember being a newbie and getting breaks and the way it made me high so I just smile at the memory. The newbie will do the job without an assistant and without $20 000.00 lighting. But he might have the necessity and spunk to think of a new way to do it and come up with a new and fresh image.
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> The profession's dying. The need for it is dying. Maybe it was never of any value in the first place. "Professional".... hahahaaaa.... what are we, brain surgeons?
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