I have decided to take a chance and sale a few of my photographs. I do not know that I am the greatest photographic “artist” out there, but I feel I do have a few items that worthy of framing and hanging on a living room wall.

It was actually a pretty hard decision for me to make. I surprised myself with my resistance to take the plunge and enter the “market”. Why? I am really not sure.

Maybe it is the fact that I feel that there is a modicum of self aggrandizement involved in the display and sell of something that I have produced. Maybe it is the fact I will somehow take it personally if no one purchases one of the photographs that I have put out there to be sold. Maybe I have tricked myself into believing that not selling is equated with rejection. To be honest with you, the way I feel about this is really a bunch of garbage.

You see I take photographs not show or sell photographs, but because I enjoy photography. If given a choice right now in whether to work and eat or starve and photograph, I would choose the latter of two. I enjoy it just that much.

The problem is, of course, that one has to eat and in my case one must feed his wife and children. These are more important to me than chasing after some dream that may, or may not produce an income that would help me take care of those I love so much. They are the trigger that keeps me grounded where without them I may wander into that world of “self aggrandizement” I spoke about. I believe in this I have made the responsible choice.

However, there is that part of me that wants to express myself through the medium I have chosen, photography, and earn a living doing so. That part of me has overcome any shortsightedness regarding whether my photographs are good enough to be purchased by others. Thus, I have hung up a shingle in hopes that just a few will find my “art” worthy of ownership.

I look forward to seeing the results over the coming months. But, if not a single photograph is purchased I will chase the dream that one day one will be and in the meantime you have had to opportunity to view my work. I hope you do not believe me to be egotistical in this, rather I hope you believe me to be honest in my endeavor to that chase a dream.

If you would like to enter my storefront door above which my new shingle hangs, you can do so here: My redbubble Profile. I hope you will take a moment and see what I have placed there for purchase. If nothing else, you will have the opportunity to look at what I feel are some of my best photographs and would ask that you check back often as I will be putting up even more in the future.

CbyM

These photographs can also be seen on Flickr.