I am experiencing the lull that often happens in January. Now that I am entering my fourth year as a freelancer I am more comfortable with this lull and feel confident that things will pick back up. Fortunately I’ve had some editing projects for shoots I did at the end of the year, a few shoots in the past week, and some bookings for bigger projects in the upcoming months. Plus it’s been nice to have a little breather. (Too bad, though, that this annual lull happens to coincide with the crappiest Boston weather, as it’d be lovely to spend this time outdoors.) I’ve been able to do a some long-needed housekeeping on my computer, and gear storage and also start to flesh out some fun personal projects I hope to do this year. But it’s also given me some time to think about the biggest change that will be happening later this year: the birth of my first child. Read more…
Archive for January, 2010
A New Year
Well it’s a brand new year, new decade, and a good time to reflect on the past year and come up with goals for the next one. I had the good fortune of spending New Years with my wife and some other folks in sunny Jamaica, on a work/pleasure trip. A friend of mine is developing some property in Jamaica into a resort/tourist attraction and he hired me to come down and do some video and photos of the progress. I went down 2 years ago, when he was just starting out, to do a video, and he wanted to update people on the progress. It was not a lot of work, and frankly spending some time (especially in the winter) in 85 degree weather was a treat. Read more…