Still At It

Still have not had any luck on the job search. I have been sending my resume out in response to at least 2 ads a day on Craigslist. Makes me wonder if it’s that nobody wants me, or if it’s the fact that since Craigslist is free, a lot of the ads are just probing to see who is out there for future reference. I have applied for so many jobs, and custom tailored my resume to each one, I am surprised at how few calls I have even gotten for interviews. Sooner or later something has GOT to come through for me.

As to my previous post about youth sports photography, I didn’t generate any sales, but did accomplish some much needed research. We visited a couple of soccer and football games and took some test shots of each.

Soccer is MUCH easier to photograph than football. Because of the nature of the action, it’s much easier to get more good action shots in soccer. In soccer, the action tends to be one on one. A player on one team has control of the ball and a member of the opposing team stays close in the hopes of taking it away. For the most part, the players are paired off all over the field.

In football, the serious action usually consists of 15 people packed into a 10 square foot area, with the best stuff going on in the middle of that mass of people. I found that more often than not, the quarterback was totally hidden by either those trying to protect him, or those trying to kill him.

I sent out two more resumes/emails last night, and one this morning. Sure hope I hear something soon. Going to spend the day working on some products I want to sell. Like the photography, I don’t expect to get rich, but the way things have been going, if I can get a small income from a number of sources, it will be easier than finding one job that will pay all the bills.

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