The first thing my wise old grandmother taught me as she was helping me set up my first business when I was just 11 was not to put all my eggs in the same basket.
Since Easter was just a few weeks away, I knew exactly what she meant. Putting all those eggs in the same basket meant that someone could simply pick up the basket and walk away with everything.
Or if I stumbled and fell (something I was inclined to do with my big feet and my eyes about six feet above them), I wouldn't break all my eggs. Not until many years later did I understand what she meant.
I consider myself lucky because I have so many interests, so if the economy took one of my interests away from me, I could fall back on another interest for my livelihood. It seems to work, so who am I to complain?
Many readers know that I recently bought a new digital SLR camera, a Canon Rebel XSi, and that I've been having a lot of fun with it, having taken over 2,600 pictures, about 850 per week. Good thing I don't have film and developing costs.
Shortly after I got my camera, David Etheridge, an ActiveRain member about 100 miles north of me, asked me if I would be willing to take some subject-specific pictures for him. Sure! Little did I know that I would actually get paid for the pictures, too, and that I would get photo credit and be listed as a contributor to the magazine. I'm ready to give up my day job!
Alright, so $20 isn't much for two pictures, so maybe I should hang on to my day job, but the photo credits, contributor credit, and check made out to me were kind of neat, just like getting an ActiveRain Featured Post!
Congratulations! It's wonderful when you can take such terrific photos and actually get paid for them! Looking forward to seeing more of your photos getting published! Have a great day!
Russel, I think that's wonderful news! It's not about the money, it's about people liking your work enough to want to use it AND give you credit. Congratulations, it must be a great feeling.
Russel, you truly are the renaissance man! Honestly you must have more energy than the energizer bunny, where do you have time to do all you do???? I am envious and admiring! Keep it up.
Congratulations Russel, on the published photos and the featured post! We all knew you deserved both! Mmm, is there residual income on those published photos? Maybe they will featured in some sort of a then and now book.......
Hey, Folks! Thanks for stopping by. I'll be over to visit your blogs soon. Meanwhile here are some specific comments:
Hey, Barbara - I can't decide whether to frame the check or cash it - LOL. Ah, what the heck. I'll cash it and have a couple of margaritas to celebrate!
Hey, Matt - It was a giddy feeling of accomplishment, especially since a lot of San Diego people that I know go up to Orange County each year for their LGBT Festival.
Hey, Carole - I wish I could say it was my first money made from an ActiveRain connection, but it's not, just my first photographic money made from an ActiveRain connection.
Hey, Joanne - It's called a schedule, and the schedule meshes quite nicely with my ability to take catnaps and keep going. And remember what my wise old grandmother said, "You always have time to do those things you do first."
Hey, Kimo and Tony - Now if I could find someone to pay me for laying out on the beach and soaking up the sun.
Hey, Bob and Carolin - $20 is half a tank of gasoline, or about 150 miles of driving. It also buys eight loaves of Orowheat potato bread, or four happy hour margaritas at On The Border. Hmmm. Now I'm hungry.
Hey, Sharon - Being a Jack of All Trades has been both a curse and a blessing throughout my life, but I've used it fairly well to my advantage.
Hey, Sally and David - Half a bag of kitty litter? Holy Zoey, Batman! What kind of kitty litter do you buy? Zoey the Cool Cat gets Arm & Hammer, a nice smelling, large granules that costs $7.84 a bag at Wal-Mart. Don't you dare tell Zoey the Cool Cat that there might be something better out there.
Hey, Al and Peggy - Residual income. Yeah, I wish - LOL.
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The first thing my wise old grandmother taught me as she was helping me set up my first business when I was just 11 was not to put all my eggs in the same basket.
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Congratulations! Keep taking those pictures.