Will you pose for me?

I've always been in love with photography! I love taking pictures! This is me a few years back when I was about 20 years old just before going to see The Go-Go's in concert in Alabama. That night was to be one of the most important nights of my life, yet I wasn't to find out about it for years. Sometime that's how magic and miracles like to do it, unseen, unnoticed and unknown. You just have to look hard enough for it!

Photography was going to be my life at one point, but then things changed. I was a portrait photographer for awhile, weddings, children, pets... I grew to hate it. I wanted to be free to do what I wanted. 

Worked in a gallery in LosAngeles where I got to see some of the greatest photography and meet some of my favorite photographers.

Every once in a while I get asked to take pictures, sometimes they are in magazines, newspapers, websites, on refrigerator doors and in wallets. Yesterday I was asked to take some pictures for a burlesque/strip dance troupe! 

Sounds fun right?

Two of the dancers came over to my place to convince me to take their pictures for a website. The owner and one other dancer sat on my couch and tried to sell themselves and their ideas to me. The boss was very excited and she talked a mile a minute. She was very demanding, but I handled her, I was very strong about it and stood my ground while she manipulated me.

I need money, so I thought it might be ready to come to me. I was thinking I might get enough out of the gig to help me with things that will lead to some major changes in my life, but knowing dancers as I do, they think they can get away with a lot of things just because they're hot.

It's funny, it's just like me to get in this kinda situation! She forces her way over here, wants me to do all these things with her and her girls, tells me she can feel her demand growing, wants my input, wants me to shoot them, she's open to new ideas, feels me to be a partner to get the girls on the ball, because many are young and inexperienced, but need a man like me to stick it to them so they'll come on time… 

All this for free!

They're not even a real dance troupe, just young strippers really. I mean they're cute, I guess. They showed me the pictures she had taken and they all seem to be really into it... I don't want to be mean. Everyone needs a dream a desire, I suppose... but I don't want to get involved, it would be too hard, waiting for the girls to come up with money to get paid. I need money now, and it feels bad to turn them down.

She couldn't understand how I could turn her down and they left my house all frustrated.

So back to the drawing board on how I can bring in more money to go to this school I want to go and move to a new place. Feeling a bit down I thought I would make a couple of videos to cheer me up. The first one happened because I got a very nice big package in the box! I was worried at first because of the weather, it sprinkled and the box was all wet, but when I pulled it out, it was great!

The next one I did was just a goofy test to see if I could do a funny lil' video to get new Facebook Friends. If you haven't added me as a friend, what's the hold up? Only the coolest, smartest and most intelligent people add me, so you'd be in great company, now do it!

Hope you enjoy the videos!

These last few days, even with the few couple of moments grasping for the elusively teasing money, have been awesome! There have been hours of lovely conversations with friends that have brought tears, laughter, joy and memories remembered and memories made. I know these minutes and hours are signs of things to come and I hope you come with me!

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