{"id":2132,"date":"2007-12-03T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T04:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/four-leaf-clover-photography\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T04:13:00","slug":"four-leaf-clover-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/four-leaf-clover-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Leaf Clover Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official. I’m calling myself a photographer.<\/p>\n

An offer of a semi-reoccurring photography “gig” (am I hip enough to use that word?) came through a few weeks ago, so I had a choice to make. Be official or let the offer slide? I decided to throw caution to the wind and put myself out there. I’m not sure why I hesitate to use these official words. Maybe I feel uncertain about putting something so personal into a business model (typing the words made me cringe). Or maybe I hate being pigeon-holed and “photographer” sounds so specific and defined. Either way, odd though it may sound, this was a big deal for me, the choice, the commitment, the stake.<\/p>\n

But I did it and now it’s so. Introducing… Four Leaf Clover Photography<\/a>. It’s still pretty basic (be kind). Website tweaking once the world stops spinning (or I get some help from my favorite web-minded folk).<\/p>\n

Maybe I can actually have a hobby that is self-supporting?<\/p>\n

The first official venture was a fundraiser for the school. For a donation to the school in lieu of a sitting fee, I offered to photograph kids\/families before the holidays. The whole thing came on a little last minute, but a few families took up on the opportunity — and it was great fun! I’m happy overall with the results and learned a lot. I’m hoping to have the opportunity to do this more often and continue to learn. To that end, suggestions welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s official. I’m calling myself a photographer. An offer of a semi-reoccurring photography “gig” (am I hip enough to use that word?) came through a few weeks ago, so I had a choice to make. Be official or let the offer slide? I decided to throw caution to the wind and put myself out there. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}