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Battle Creek Watershed Photo Contest
Shine On Benevolent Sun – Kalamazoo River, Michigan
Shared first place in the Battle Creek watershed conservation photo contest with this photo of the Kalamazoo River in Albion, Michigan.
Thanks to the City of Battle Creek for the honor!
All You Need Is 1
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.
Wolverine Line 2
Riding the Amtrak train from Chicago to Michigan, part two. Enjoying the beautiful passing scenery of the Rust Belt.
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.