Over the past 5 years, I have built up a 50 GB collection of photos. I have just set up a new Flickr account as part of my rebranding exercise, for backing up my photo collection and showing off the few nice photos I’ve taken. There is no point taking photos if they are just going to take up space on a hard drive.
For the past few days, I’ve been going through the photos, deleting any bad ones in the process. I’ve also deleted some of the duplicates shots and meaningless photos. Some of the photos bring back memories; one of the primary reason I got into photography. My girlfriend will gladly testify that I’m a real Dory.
I’m also keen to improve my photography skills to a point where I can make a secondary income off it. Now, this is a lot more challenging. The single canvas print I’ve been putting up on TradeMe isn’t getting much interest. I’ve also been too slack to start on my Shutterstock portfolio. To be honest, microstock isn’t really where I want to be heading anyway. I really should be returning to the basics; go out and take lots of photos.