Monday, May 25, 2009

Clearing up and Cleaning House

Hi,

I want to clear a few things up about what I'm doing on-line.

First off I'll explain what I've been doing; as many have shared their confusion with me about my advertisements over the last few months.

I've been investigating and implementing on-line marketing techniques for mlm's (multi-level marketing) http://tamigramont.com/, KnewWay.com and network marketing programs http://www.tgramont.lifepathunlimited.com/.

At first I bought into the company's profile and began believing it was my path. Though the company's "Discovery Tools" http://www.tgramont.lifepathunlimited.com/ are fantastic and helped me get focused, it is not my path to focus all my attention in that area. This 56 day process helped me change my life one more level. Part of this change has been me honoring and understanding what I love, and what is most important to me.

After many months, expense (education can be costly) and confusion, I realized MLM's are not my passion. Not that MLM's and this type of marketing is worthless, not at all. It is that my passion, as many of my close friends will attest to, is around photography. This education is of great value with marketing my photography and I have met some amazing people who I now call friends.

I have been so focused on horses, which is my first love and the door that opened me up to a love of photography, that I was blind to other avenues. My love of horses was what I thought I needed to build my business around. I just couldn't change my mind in that area. After facing my fears, softening my resistance to photographing people, I realized THAT is what I love. Really, how could I have been so stubborn? My Portrait Portfolio .

All this time, the one thing that I have been consistent with was photography; I continued to practice Photoshop techniques I was learning. Someone asked me what I do to entertain myself... What do I fill in the gaps with? I work on photography. I heard myself say it and realized I could have traveled anywhere in the world in the last 2 years, and I worked on photography. I also was healing...

So, I am using all my marketing technique and strategies to offer my services as a photographer... Fully. I have been doing portraits New Horse Photo and am learning wedding photography. I'm always studying and am beginning another leg of this journey.

I am teaching what I know about photography. I have a video up New Horse Photography Training, #1 .
I believe everyone has an aptitude for photography if they have a love for it. We all see the world differently. Having a love for something doesn't equal making a living at it, however, it can add depth and meaning to your life that money can not create. How do you cultivate your unique eye? What parts to amplify and validate?

Thank you all who have been so patient with me during my learning curve. I've been in the hallway for over two years, not knowing what direction. I couldn't settle in to the idea that I was learning my craft. I am still learning and now I feel I actually have something to offer. No matter what the out come photography is what makes me most ultimately happy and I hope to help others feel a little of that too.

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