Finding your bliss

During the day, I am an engineer. I work on various telecommunications products and lasercom experiments and such, and all in all it's a fine line of work to be in, and has supported my family for more than 20 years. But as I've gotten older, it has become less and less fulfilling, and I've found myself wanting to do something completely different. Hence the creation of MarksPixels. A new, exciting, and completely different challenge for me, and a venue through which to manifest creative expression. I've been actively pursuing this metier for more than a year. Joining NHPPA, PPANE, and PPA. Attending seminars. Actively seeking out every possible bit of education that I can. Working on my certification.

It's all starting to coalesce. Seniors season is going well so far, and I have a bunch of sessions coming up. I'm working on getting some families lined up for my Family Portrait Month marketing materials. Things are looking up.

With the encouragement of friends "in the biz" and the steadfast support of my wife, Betsy, I am preparing to embark on a career change. I am going to become a photographer. Yes, I'm already a photographer. I mean a full time photographer. As in no more engineering. This is going to be a trick. I'm currently working two jobs in engineering. So the plan is to move to a single engineering job first. Then part time. Then only photography. But to get from here to there, I need a plan.