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POTD/BLOG 08 May 2003: Why?

Yesterday I started to put some pages together for an on-line journal I started asking my self the question: “Why?”

“Why AM I creating these pages?” That’s a very good question – and not one I’m sure I know the full answer to.

On 16th May 2003, I finish my full time job with a leading IT company. After that date I will be making my living as a freelance photographer/writer. I’ve been doing both in my spare time for a little while, but the time has come to do it full time.

So these journal pages serve several purposes:

A means to focus my work in the early days – if I have to keep a public record of what I’m working on there will be less temptation to fritter away the day. (I doubt that will be a big problem for me as I’ve been working from home for the last 6 years anyhow).

I will no doubt make mistakes when going freelance – I will endeavour not to, but I’m not perfect… no honestly I’m not! Hopefully others can learn by my experiences – but that will only be possible if I record what I’m doing.

I was recently watching a BBC program about Leonardo Da Vinci(a person who fascinates me – he was the first to combine the two fields of art and technology). One of the things he did was to keep a journal, recoding his thoughts, ideas or in my case and ramblings.

Finally this journal will enable family, friends and contacts to know how I’m doing on this freelance venture.

28 January 2007
With hindsight not all the objectives of this short lived journal were met. However one objective of the journal which was sort of in my mind at the time I wrote the above entry was that it should inspire me to take photos which I could later sell. The photo which went with this entry… which I would never had taken had it not been for this journal was sold through Alamy. See: http://www.ians-studio.co.uk/2004/05/sale-24-may-2004-why/ for information about that sale.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a source of free photographs.
This photograph is (c) Ian M Butterfield. All rights are reserved. No use Is permitted (including non-commercial use) without prior permission. If you wish to use any of my photographs please ask first.

Image Reference: EV0508A-D00112

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Ian M Butterfield

POTD/BLOG 08 May 2003: Why?

Yesterday I started to put some pages together for an on-line journal I started asking my self the question: “Why?”

“Why AM I creating these pages?” That’s a very good question – and not one I’m sure I know the full answer to.

On 16th May 2003, I finish my full time job with a leading IT company. After that date I will be making my living as a freelance photographer/writer. I’ve been doing both in my spare time for a little while, but the time has come to do it full time.

So these journal pages serve several purposes:

A means to focus my work in the early days – if I have to keep a public record of what I’m working on there will be less temptation to fritter away the day. (I doubt that will be a big problem for me as I’ve been working from home for the last 6 years anyhow).

I will no doubt make mistakes when going freelance – I will endeavour not to, but I’m not perfect… no honestly I’m not! Hopefully others can learn by my experiences – but that will only be possible if I record what I’m doing.

I was recently watching a BBC program about Leonardo Da Vinci(a person who fascinates me – he was the first to combine the two fields of art and technology). One of the things he did was to keep a journal, recoding his thoughts, ideas or in my case and ramblings.

Finally this journal will enable family, friends and contacts to know how I’m doing on this freelance venture.

28 January 2007
With hindsight not all the objectives of this short lived journal were met. However one objective of the journal which was sort of in my mind at the time I wrote the above entry was that it should inspire me to take photos which I could later sell. The photo which went with this entry… which I would never had taken had it not been for this journal was sold through Alamy. See: http://www.ians-studio.co.uk/2004/05/sale-24-may-2004-why/ for information about that sale.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a source of free photographs.
This photograph is (c) Ian M Butterfield. All rights are reserved. No use Is permitted (including non-commercial use) without prior permission. If you wish to use any of my photographs please ask first.

Image Reference: EV0508A-D00112