in case you're wondering, i composed that song myself.

You ever get tired of people telling you how talented you are?

Me neither.

And yet, after a few years of hearing "You know, you're a good photographer" ... I finally took the hint and decided to do something about it.

Now I have some ground rules:

No ugly children.

That's all I've managed to come up with so far. "No ugly children" should be on a t-shirt somewhere, actually. It reminds me of something I heard once from good ol'G. Ogden Nutting C. Montgomery Burns ... "I don't like being outside, Smithers. For one thing, there's too many fat children."

I keed, I keed ... fat children are fine (I used to be one myself). I'm just looking to find some good subjects to build the portfolio for now. I want to focus on child and family photography, with hopefully some pets thrown in for good measure.

I really enjoy taking pictures, especially the candid, "photojournalism" shots, because they can show the subject's true personality. It's uniquely rewarding to look at a photo afterward and realize you caught it for a fleeting moment.

So hit the site, make my bandwidth costs soar and sign up today. Maybe I'll be able to retire one day.