New (Blogging) Kid on the Block

Fellow pretty girl shooter and all-around ace photographer, Bob Marcotte, has kicked off his own blog: Studio Marcotte.

Bob says his blog is there to "...Inform, Instruct, Inspire..." I don't know about any of you, but I can always use plenty of that in varying amounts.

Bob alerted me to his new blog and I wrote him back with this:

I don't know whether to congratulate you or pass on my sympathies. Writing a blog can be rewarding, to be sure. It allows us to share, to build some "street cred," and to channel our angst. There's a lot of positive things associated with it.

But...

It can also be like a big fat monkey on ones back. As if life doesn't dish enough stuff that needs doing -- stuff that weighs us down and nags and begs for attention -- a blog can (especially once its garnered an audience) be like a child that constantly needs attention: Attention that, I often wonder, could or should be directed elsewhere, at things that would seem to advance our careers and put some $$$ in our pockets.

Regardless, you have an engaging writing style that cuts to the core of many aspects of what we go through, trying to get ahead as snappers.

Well, if Bob is going to take the time and expend the effort to blog--and don't say I didn't warn you about what you're getting into, Bob--the least we can do is support his efforts. Bob's first few articles already contain some genuine pearls of wisdom so it's not like it's a waste of time surfing over to Studio Marcotte for a quick read and to check out some of his work. He even crosses swords words with Fluffytek's mistress in one of his articles.

In other words, I give Bob's blog the official PGS Seal of Approval. (As if that actually matters and not because he philosophically disagreed with Fluffytek's chief, resident wordsmith, Lin, on a specific issue.) And BTW, just because a blog links to me--like Marcotte's does--doesn't mean I'm automatically gonna link to them. (Monetary and select, pre-approved, other bribes accepted and excepted.)

The gratuitous eye-candy at the top is Jana, from a while back, shot in my studio.