Comments on: Recapturing the Love of Your Craft – Five Suggestions https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: crockpot77 https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4341 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:23:21 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4341 In reply to crockpot77.

Crap, forgot the url: http://puregoodworks.com/

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By: crockpot77 https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4340 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:22:58 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4340 In reply to Ron Dawson.

Thanks Ron, I’ll actually will be something similar with a ad company in Denver. It’s same as pro-bono for a year and I’ll be doing all the film documentary coverage.

We chosen already chosen the client, I just don’t know if I’m suppose to announce it yet! 🙂 Very excited!

So I’ll be doing that and maybe another non-profit just for myself.

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By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4339 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:00:17 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4339 In reply to Levi Thornton.

I think that sounds like a wonderful plan Levi. You should check out Matchstic’s process and philosophy on picking their one pro-bono gig per year. Very intriguing approach that yields amazing results: http://matchstic.com/about/on-the-house/introduction/

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By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4338 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:59:44 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4338 In reply to Garrick.

I hear ya G. I hear ya. 🙂

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By: Garrick https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4337 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:50:15 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4337 Nice read! I couldn’t agree more. Continuing to do my most personal work is the utmost importance in keeping me sane. I pick up “term” graphic/web design, imaging and photo editing work on the side to keep my very new business afloat. Doing my very best and not half-assing any assignment is also vital on those occasions when it is not a “dream” photography gig. Re: No.5, I’d rather slit my wrists than go back to corporate work full-time, so that’s motivation enough.

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By: Levi Thornton https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4336 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:13:41 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4336 Thanks for writing this Ron. This is very relevant to me right as a new business owner. I been doing jobs because “I have to” not because “I want to”. The danger in this that I do crappy work especially with clients who have a limited vision and only want to do their own episode of QVC and sale their product and not telling a good story to promote brand.

So just recently decided to get a part time job and do my business documentaries on the side.

I’m considering doing free documentaries for non-profits. Have them compete for me not the other way around! Have them write grants to gain my attention and give me a reason why they need my services. This will allow me to get more experience, promote myself, experiment and do it when I want to, not because I have to! Hopefully I’ll get a point where I’ll be high in demand and start doing it full time again.

Thanks again and keep on writing!

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By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4335 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:43:11 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4335 In reply to Michelle Loretta.

I’m glad you found it helpfull Michelle. Even though I generally right for photographers and filmmakers, I find that much of what I write about is applicable to many professions, especially creative ones.

Thanks for commenting.

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By: Michelle Loretta https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4334 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:07:17 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4334 Such a great post Ron! I found myself in this same position a couple years ago (in my stationery business)… I had to ask myself: “What is it that I used to do for fun? What are my hobbies?” What to do when your hobby becomes your job? I recently recommended that readers of our site go out and find new hobbies that they can embrace. Find a different take on their craft. (For example as a stationer I’ve been exploring decoupage… a paper art that I have no desire to turn into a business… but that I’m enjoying exploring.) It’s important to have this outlet because it makes you stronger in your business (contributes to your craft) and it makes you more diverse and more interesting.

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By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4333 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:21:30 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4333 In reply to mackenzie.

It definitely can be hard carving out that personal time. I can attest to that. But, I have also learned that we can waste a lot of time doing stuff we don’t need to do. Instead of playing Wii for 2 hours on sunday, go shoot. Instead of watching Social Network for the fifth time, go shoot. Instead of spending hours debating with people on your blog about haters (uh, that would be me) go shoot. 🙂

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By: mackenzie https://daredreamer.com/recapturing-the-love-of-your-craft-five-suggestions/#comment-4332 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:00:51 +0000 http://bladeronner.com/?p=3539#comment-4332 I love your suggestion to work on personal projects! Sometimes it seems impossible to carve out time for our growing list of ideas for personal short films but it’s so crucial. Every time we shoot “just for the fun of it” we’re reminded how lucky we are to do this for a living. It’s not always perfect to own a creative business and be your own boss. Sometimes we daydream about having benefits again and the ability to “leave it at the end of the day” but the grass is always greener on the other side if you allow it to be.

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