On Monday morning this week, I was greeted by the news that one of my photographs was selected to be a Daily Deviation on the Deviant Art web site.

That was insanely cool for me.

I can’t show the picture here (NSFW, NSFW!), but these are shots from the same set.

Deviant Art is a web site where some pretty amazing artists from all over the world show their work.

I started submitting my shots to the site as a way of sharing my efforts in still photography.

Not really promoting myself, just saying my work is there if you were interested in seeing it.

Honestly, I’m not trying to “be” anything. Okay, we’ll, I’m always trying to be a better photographer, but fame and/or fortune isn’t a big motivating factor for me when it come to my still photography.

The way I look at it, I have a job in news that I love. I also enjoy photography and if I weren’t working in news, I might be trying to make a go of it as a still photographer.

The idea of me as an artist is something I still wrestle with. I’m not entirely against it, I just find my enjoyment of photography to be inversely proportional to the amount of work involved.

That’s just my way of saying, I don’t want a second job. I think we can all agree, there’s working hard at something you personally enjoy and there’s working hard for someone else.

I can do that first thing all day long (every day).

That second thing? Having another boss? One job at a time is enough for me right now, thank you very much.

Having said all that, let me get back to what I was saying before about the Deviant Art site.

The photo submitted for their Daily Deviation had been on the site for about two weeks and had been viewed maybe four hundred times.

At the end of the day, the photo had over twelve thousand views.

Uh, whoa. That was mind blowing.

There’s probably a bit more to be said, but I have to get ready for work. Hey, does anybody want to talk about the whole fine art (okay, nude) photography experience?

Next time.

Hey, I’m having a pretty great week so far. I hope I get a good assignment today and I hope it’s something where I can shoot a couple of still shots I can share.

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