And People Wonder Why.....

... I want to quit doing photography on a professional level.


Days like today... and many days previously.. make me wonder why I continue to do what I do. 


Just a few hours ago, I was inspired to write a short blog about what inspired me originally to take up concert photography. Feeling that it was the proper place to post the blog, I shared it on my photography page... only to loose support from people who 'unliked' my page soon afterwards. WTF?


So... apparently, I'm not allowed to talk about myself, and what inspired me to take those pictures that people like so much they have to steal them and crop them and take credit for them. I know a great number of people are there strictly for my 100 Monkeys photos and the pictures of Jackson that I have taken, and will probably continue to take, and I used to be OK with that, because the attention was attention at least, and it meant that people did/do like my work.


But when people remove their support of me because I want to talk about myself  *gasp* on MY photography page... and I'm not currently posting photos of Jackson or the guys, that makes me feel completely used.. and I'm really tired of feeling that way. 


After thinking back on it a little I realized...: 

• I have photos from the last 100 Monkeys shows in Vegas and California that have never been edited - probably about 400+ of them. I don't even care to look at them, much less edit them or post them anywhere for public consumption. The way I'm feeling now, I might never post them.

• I've been so disgruntled about my photography lately that I don't even want to pick up my camera. I used to go nowhere without it. My close friends knew that where I was, my camera was also. None of them have seen me with my camera in several months.

• Both of the bags with my cameras are currently sitting on the floor of my cabinet, covered in a fine layer of dust. 

• I know that at the moment, my battery in my Nikon digital camera is completely dead, and my Canon film camera needs to be serviced before it can ever be used again. 

• There are pictures on the Nikon of Montgomery Gentry at Buds and Suds from the second week of last month, that have never even been downloaded, much less edited, and I don't even care to see what they look like. 

I am still considering deleting my photography page - not because I am tired of people stealing my photos this time, although I am also seriously sick of that - but because I want people to see my photography in its entirety, and not just the 100 Monkeys/Jackson Rathbone photos that I take. 

If I do delete my photography Facebook page, I will most likely be using this blog as my main source for my photography from now on. At least that way, if people are seriously interested in my photography, they will have to wade through pages of me to get to it. 

I'm officially over it.