More sunshine

Clouds and trees, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Snow slope, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Walled, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Spring sunshine on snow, it can't get much brighter than this. Once again we had below 0 °C temperature at night, and warmer during the day. Thus the snow melts during the day and then freezes at night. I took once again a lot of photographs, although we spent less time outside than yesterday.

Here are three favorite image from today, all of which are very familiar subjects for me, but treated a bit differently this time around. I'm slowly starting to understand how to take photographs of snow, and also getting familiar with the bright light. But it has been difficult to adapt to these conditions after the long winter, when there was so little light that I struggled in trying to capture enough of it.

Switching the subject a bit, there has been interesting discussion going on at The Online Photographer about how to earn living as a photographer, for example through a print subscription offer as suggested by Ctein. New there appeared an excellent essay on the topic by John Camp, titled A Life in Art. This was written from the perspective of a professional writer of thriller novels, that is one who earns his living by practising his craft.

It is interesting to look at photography as a professional activity, although I don't have any interest in starting on that path. I understand to some degree the kind of compulsion needed to develop the skills of an artist. The big question is, how can artists and writers earn a living in the drastically changing society of today. How much marketing skills do you need in addition to your art skills?