photography

All You Need Is 1

alesserphotographer:

You don’t need a certain number of followers, a “passive income,” a “monetization strategy” or “1000 true fans” to justify sharing your work.

All you need is 1.

1 person liked my writing enough to hire me at my current company (that’s 15 years of salary and benefits so far).

1 person liked my dating profile (which is most definitely a writing and photography project) enough to eventually marry me and start a family.

1 person read my most recent book more than a year ago and decided to publish it to their customer list of 100,000+ people.

1 fan could be your next business partnership, employer or spouse.

1 fan justifies your next book, blog and podcast.

1 fan can give your work all the meaning it ever needs.

So right.

1 fan justifies your next book, blog and podcast.

Having dinner to talk about art with one person. Urbexing with one (or two) photographers. Talking about my big project with one important person in the community.

Person by person. Project by project. Photo by photo.

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Artists In Jackson, The Book

For the past five or six months, I’ve spent a lot of time getting to know the artists, creatives, and makers in Jackson, Michigan, as a part of my Artists In Jackson project.

The culmination of the project, I always figured, would be a book. Photos and profiles of the artists, an explanation of the project, and a beautiful artifact of all the work I’ve done.

I love photo books. I’ve become a bit of a collector in the past year or so. That, and (as @alesserphotographer advocates) paper is what you keep for 100 years and give to your grandchildren.

So the Artists In Jackson book is now available for sale. I couldn’t be more proud of how it turned out.

This first run of copies (about 25) are going to get some special love and attention from me before they ship out. After that, I’m doing a buy-on-demand system from Blurb, the book publisher.

Also, the project’s artist profiles are now live on the website, along with a selection of photos from each artist’s portrait shoot.

It feels mighty good to have this project out the door and into the world. I’ve received lots of great feedback from family and friends, and lots of support from the community. Thanks to everyone for their time and attention.

I made something. It shipped. And away we go.

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Pumpkin Patching

Nothing like shopping for the perfect pumpkin at the local farm.

Autumn in Michigan is pretty great. And though my mood takes a turn for the worse because of the creeping darkness, I’m really trying to embrace this fall. It helps that the weather has been so great all October.

So let’s do it. Let’s do the Halloween thing and the pumpkins and the cider (lots of cider, what with six orchards within 20 minutes of my house). Let’s beat back the oncoming winter blues with some autumnal spirit.

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It’s Harvest Time

Ah, late summer / early autumn in Michigan – when those roadside farm stands pop up.

I can’t resist. There’s something about a fresh-grown tomato or ear of corn I find irresistible. And with my commute through rural Michigan, I have lots of options.

Such good deals! I picked up a quart of cherry tomatoes for $1, perfect for snacking at work. And we eat a lot of corn on the cob during the summer and fall.

I usually tend my own garden, but this year it’s been tough going. So it’s nice to have a farm stand backup.

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