Tuesday, January 31, 2012

2012 - January Almost Over - New Plans

It seems as though 2012 is an year of renewal. I feel a renewed vigor in my psyche that I have never felt in the last few years. I'm looking forward to this year whereas January last year, I felt like the whole roof caved in and I was looking at "what the hell can happen to me now?" Well, this year we finally set our plans in motion and make concrete steps towards achieving our goals. When I say OUR goals, I mean OUR goals.

Heather plans on taking university courses to get her Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Psychology. She is hoping to also go down and see her mother and in the meantime, she is helping me to save up for the Nikon AF-S VR 600mm f/4 IF-ED.



I forge ahead in the aim to get a burgeoning photography business in wildlife photography off the ground. And it looks as though I will make headway. Two images have already sold. I look to add a few more sales this year before the year is out. I'm looking at a game plan to try to book a table for some arts & crafts fairs and try to get some stock footage out in print so that people can come out and take a look through my stuff and see if it is good enough to them to buy. Stuff like:



In any case, I'm glad that I chose my camera wisely when I first started to seriously look at getting a DSLR. I chose Nikon (mainly because I was familiar with their menu system thanks to Heather and I choosing a Nikon Coolpix E2200 way back in 2005 after my old 0.35 MP Agfa got toasted by my oldest son (when he was a toddler) dropping coffee all over it. In 2006 when I upgraded to a Nikon D50 (my first DSLR) it was more camera than I really needed. But eventually, I mastered the D50 and now, I shoot with a Nikon D300s and my first professional calibre lens (the 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII). I will always remain a Nikon shooter, because for me, Nikon is the camera that is best suited to my needs. My wife also shoots Nikon as well. I don't need to say any more than this:





Starting September 2012, the save up commences for the Nikon 600mm f/4 lens and will last 36 months from that time. The wildlife shots that I have always wanted in my inventory will come to fruition then. I'll leave off with "I can't wait for September 2015".