Blogging Intro

The name ... I used to work for the Recycler Classifieds, a local Classifieds-only publication which back then was probably the largest resource of used vehicles and other stuff. That was before craigslist. Curbers are people who bought and sold cars without a dealer license. They would buy low and sell high. I dealt with a lot of them on a daily basis. They are usually not well-liked and thought of as a capitalistic opportunists. But hey, they are just trying to make a living from what they know best - automobiles. I'm pretty much the photographer version of these people. I make a little bit of money out of photography, but i'm not a full time photographer. I'm also a curber in the sense that I buy a lot of photo equipment to play around with, but I usually have to sell them on eBay to finance the next piece. A lot of lenses and camera bodies have gone through my hands

The content ... Primarily, I want to document my learning curve and growth as a photographer. This will include recaps of paid gigs and personal work. I also want to write reviews of gear that I've bought and played with, before I sell them.

The reason ... There is so much you can learn about photograph through the internet. You can be as good, if not better than some professional photographers from David Hobby's Strobist blog alone. Even though I've learned a lot over the last 18 months as a Digital SLR owner, I still have a long way to go. I will use this blog as a journal so I can look back and judge my progress and maybe someone who used to be as green as I was would find this information helpful.

The inspiration ... I sat through this video from Chase Jarvis' blog about Making the Web Work For You. In this video, Chase, David Hobby, and David Nightingale of Chromasia talked about the power of blogging. Chase actually said something along the lines of ... The only thing you can do wrong is not doing anything. So here I am. I also saw this video on youtube with Martin Prihoda shooting a band called Delerium where he described his business model as The best way to get ahead is by helping the ones around you get ahead. That philosophy has been stuck in my head and I really want it to be my business model as well.