Things have been pretty busy around 172 the past couple weeks. There's some boring but important stuff and plenty of exciting things to overwhelm that. Sadly, some things I'm going to have to withhold until later on but suffice it to say, it was exciting!
There was a bit of a press to get the sales and use tax permit squared away, there was a sequence of events that led to my car being sold, I'm working on developing portrait packages for bicyclists that include posed and action shots, I got a gig photographing a very cool new product that will be announced later in the year, and I started talks for a wedding coming up later in the year too!
I do finally have my sales & use tax permit that needs to be framed and displayed. That's a huge relief to at least be mostly squared away and up to date with my tax liabilities. It's a good thing I had been saving for something like that. It wasn't enough to totally cover my liabilities but it took care of the whole of 2010 at least. New work is subsidizing this first quarter's remaining balance and next quarter should be much better since I won't be incurring late filing fees and interest which adds up (quite unfortunately). In any case, it feels good to be in the know and working fully on the level now!
Another project in development is showing a good amount of promise in one of my areas of passion, biking in the outdoors. A friend and neighbor of mine, who is an avid bicyclist, has been working with me to develop a portrait package for bicyclists that incorporates action shots on the trail as well as more formal shots in a studio environment. We went on a typical ride at one of our favorite North Austin mountain bike trails this past Saturday and then proceeded to scout and shoot at various locations and got acclimated to some points that should be great for the packages we're looking at developing. I'm going to wait until we have the whole package together to share that but it's tough not to give you a sneak peak... I may fold on that... :D
Another project that amounted to product photography is something that I'll be able to share in a few months and I'll be holding out on that for sure. What I can say now is that it was both a fun shoot and a test of my versatility and capability and putting together a product shoot with very limited preparation. It would have been nice to have a big studio and more time to construct and perfect shots but what we got turned out well and looks great!
Experiences like that product shoot are great because they always help me learn a little more about how to make things work, what to look out for, what to do to overcome obstacles, and they also just help bolster my confidence in putting out great images in whatever circumstance there might be.
There's also a friend's wedding that will be coming up in the latter months of this year and I'll get to head up to the Burnet area to do some bridal and engagement photos with them before covering the wedding at the beautiful La Paloma event center. Good times!
Given all the stuff I can't share yet, the photos I'm including on this post are from the drive home from a recent trip to Houston. It seems like there's always something I want to photograph along the way on drives. Sometimes it's just the road, sometimes the sky, and sometimes there's just something odd or noteworthy. Typically it's not stuff you see everyday and that just makes it all the more compelling to me. It'd be nice to have perfectly clear windows so I could get better images while on the road but then again, I guess it's not ideal to shoot while driving in the first place... whoops... :)
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