The Socialite

Just a quick catch up blog to brag about how connected I'm getting on the web, and show off some old photo's of my Tammy that I recently revitalised in Photoshop. Apart from this blog and my famous Facebook account I have also started tweeting on Twitter, set up a Google + account, on which I have 1 friend so far. I've set up a LinkedIn account, which i need to populate with relevant info, and I've set up a Flickr account and Yahoo profile. The Flickr account is to upload photo's for those anti-social plebs who are not on Facebook so that everybody has an equal chance to be exposed to, and to adore my gradually improving photographic masterpieces!

The point of doing all this is part and parcel of my great big plan of becoming a professional (and hopefully famous) photographer and running my own business as such. All the social networking is intended to contribute to marketing the business through exposure and referral. Lately I have been spending a lot of time not only learning how to take pretty pictures but also researching the business side of photography including branding, marketing and presenting a professional presence.


As mentioned in the last post I've purchased web space and domains. I have not yet started working on the website purely through lack of time (and it doesn't help my wife keeps hijacking my PC every evening) though I have been giving it a lot of thought. It will start soon. There is lots to do and to plan for, but it will come!

In the meantime I can only continue to dream and fantasize of the day I can quit my dull menial day job working for a boss and an institution as an insignificant easily expendable (and replaceable) employee to work full-time on running my own successful business! How exciting and rewarding that will be! I know it will come and I'm sure I'll be good at it, but it's still a long way away because the bills still need to be paid and shit doesn't get any cheaper!

One thing I have realised is that I quite desperately need to invest in a decent new PC because my old Dell at home simply cannot handle what I need it to do. It lags and hangs constantly and takes ages to get things like photo-editing done! I have cleaned it up and formatted recently and it only runs a few programs, but it just doesn't handle. Unfortunately right now I can't afford a new one, so if any generous soul out there feels like investing in my future I could really use a powerful new PC! For that I'll not only pay back later when I can (through either cash or a professional photo package or a combination, I'm negotiable!!) but I'll make you famous with me!

Well, once again my 60 minute lunch break is over, I need to continue with my tasks before the sarcastic comments hit the back of my head!

In the near future I will list the links to my facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, Flickr, Wordperss blog and Website, and whatever else once I have some meaty profiles and portfolios to share.