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Tuesday 2 August 2005
Hi,
I hope you've had a productive couple of weeks since you last received
one of my scintillating rants (or if you've just joined the newsletter,
welcome!). I have, and I've got the photos to prove it...
In today's issue:
- I'm changing my name!
- Never work with children or animals - but old people are fine
- Who stole the
cookies from the...
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I'm changing my name!
As a teenager I used
to annoy my poor Dad endlessly by coming out with things like, "I'm
thinking of changing my name to Pierre".
Of course I was joking. But now I really am changing my name!
Some of you may not know this story - so those of you that do, please
forgive me...
My photographic career
started in 1995 with a trip to London and a few assisting jobs (and a
lot of photographic books read from cover to cover). I soon landed a full-time
gig with the talented slave-driver (oops, did I say 'slave driver'? I
meant 'interiors photographer') Lizzie Orme.
Eventually Lizzie shared some of her clients with me and thus began my
career as a professional photographer.
Three years later I returned to Melbourne and took a break from professional
photography while I expanded my I.T. skills and saved up for some equipment.
In 2000 I started my current business.
Well, the business has gone from strength to strength, thanks in no small
part to you people who have hired me to help you make your organisations
look their best! Last year I changed the structure of the business from
sole trader to a limited company to help accommodate this growth.
Well, now we come to the punchline. The transformation from 'guy working
out of the spare room' to global multinational photography conglomerate
is nearly complete. I have a growing team which so-far includes a permanent
part-time photographer and a number of talented and hard-working sub-contractors
around the country.
All that was missing was a name that reflects that transformation, as
well as reflecting our commitment to making things easy for our customers
(that's you)!
Now we're not having a formal 'launch' as such, but we'll be taking the
opportunity to reveal our new branding at a special business networking
evening on Thursday 11 August at Brunswick Town Hall. John Ilhan (better
known as Crazy John) will be the keynote speaker, and there'll finger
food, wine, and... a magician!
It should be a great night and the cost is a very reasonable $25 (if you
only make one useful contact or take away one great idea from John Ilhan's
talk, your investment will be repaid dozens of times over). For more information
and to register, visit www.svgdesign.com.au/events/.
See you there!
Never work with children or animals - but old people are fine
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Here's
what we've been up to - photographically - over the last couple
of weeks,,,
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Who stole the cookies from the...
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jar? I did. But not until after I had photographed them for new client Impressive Platters. As you've probably noticed, I like plugging my clients - and it's only fair that I do (of course I expect them to do likewise for me!!). Oh, and in case you were wondering - yes, the cookies are VERY real and they were VERY yummy. |
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And finally...
In other photography-related news (OK, so some of the links are pretty generous, but work with me on this one, OK?):
- Pool
camera crushes bird (Adelaide Advertiser, 1 August 2005)
- Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time! - Photographer.com
domain name sold for $133,000 (webhosting.info, 1 August 2005)
- A good domain name, but I think I'll stick with something a little cheaper for the moment. - Camera
Phones Used In New Diet Program (clickondetroit.com, 28 July 2005)
- I know there's a good use for those camera phones - I'm just not sure if this is it..
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Talk to you soon,
Steven Pam
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